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核酸

核酸

Chinese

		nuclear; atomic; stone (of fruit)	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
simp. and trad. (核酸)		核	酸

Noun

核酸

(biochemistry) nucleic acid

Derived terms

核糖核酸 (hétánghésuān)
核酸酶

脫氧核糖核酸／脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎnghétánghésuān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
核	酸
かく Grade: S	さん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) かくさん [kàkúsáń] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̥ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Noun

核酸 ‎(hiragana かくさん, romaji kakusan)

(genetics, biochemistry) a nucleic acid

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hésuān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ syun¹, wat⁶ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hésuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hersuan
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ su̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ syun¹, wat⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: haht syūn, waht syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ syn¹, wat⁹ syn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² ɕyːn⁵⁵/, /wɐt̚² ɕyːn⁵⁵/