核酸
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Chinese
| nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit) | sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (核酸) | 核 | 酸 | |
| simp. #(核酸) | 核 | 酸 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hat6 syun1 / wat6 syun1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): het-sôn
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8gheq-soe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hésuan
- Wade–Giles: ho2-suan1
- Yale: hé-swān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hersuan
- Palladius: хэсуань (xɛsuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤ³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hat6 syun1 / wat6 syun1
- Yale: haht syūn / waht syūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hat9 syn1 / wat9 syn1
- Guangdong Romanization: hed6 xun1 / wed6 xun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² syːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: het-sôn
- Hakka Romanization System: hedˋ sonˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hed5 son1
- Sinological IPA: /het̚² son²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-soan / he̍k-soan
- Tâi-lô: hu̍t-suan / hi̍k-suan
- Phofsit Daibuun: hudsoafn, hegsoafn
- IPA (Xiamen): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hut̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/, /hiɪk̚²⁴⁻² suan³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hut̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/, /hiɪk̚⁴⁻³² suan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: hêg4 seng1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hek sṳng
- Sinological IPA (key): /hek̚²⁻⁴ sɯŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
核酸
- (biochemistry, genetics) nucleic acid
- (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) Short for 核酸檢測／核酸检测 (hésuān jiǎncè).
- 做核酸 ― zuò hésuān ― to take a nucleic acid test
Derived terms
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 核 | 酸 |
| かく Grade: S |
さん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
核 (kaku, “core”) + 酸 (san, “acid”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 核 | 酸 |
Noun
- hanja form? of 핵산 (“nucleic acid”)