蛋白

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Chinese

egg; oval shaped
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad.
(蛋白)
2nd round simp. 旦白
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Pronunciation


Noun

蛋白

  1. egg white; albumen
  2. Short for 蛋白質蛋白质 (dànbáizhì, “protein”).

Synonyms

  • (egg white):
  • (protein):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Hyōgaiji
はく > ぱく
Grade: 1
on’yomi
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Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 蛋白 (tan? bæk, literally egg + white). The kanʻon reading, so likely a later borrowing.

The protein sense is more recent, and developed out of the egg white sense.

Pronunciation

Noun

(たん)(ぱく) or 蛋白(タンパク) (tanpaku

  1. egg white, albumen
  2. Short for 蛋白質 (tanpakushitsu): protein (more common sense in modern Japanese)

Usage notes

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

蛋白 (danbaek) (hangeul 단백)

  1. Hanja form? of 단백 (egg white; Abbreviation of 단백질 (danbaekjil).).