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代謝

代謝

See also: 代谢

Chinese

		substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (代謝)		代	謝
simp. (代谢)		代	谢

Verb

代謝

to replace, to renew
(physiology) to metabolize

Noun

代謝

(physiology) Short for 新陳代謝／新陈代谢 (xīnchén dàixiè, “metabolism”).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	謝
たい Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi: Kan'on
(Tokyo) たいしゃ [táꜜìshà] (Atamadaka - [1])
(Tokyo) たいしゃ [tàíshá] (Heiban - [0])
IPA^(key): [ta̠iɕa̠]

Noun

代謝 ‎(hiragana たいしゃ, romaji taisha)

(physiology) Short for 新陳代謝 ‎(“metabolism”).
renewal; regeneration

Derived terms

Derived terms

エネルギー代 (たい)謝 (しゃ) ‎(enerugī taisha, “energy metabolism”)
エネルギー代 (たい)謝 (しゃ)率 (りつ) ‎(enerugī taisharitsu, “relative metabolic rate”)
代 (たい)謝 (しゃ)経 (けい)路 (ろ) ‎(taishakeiro, “metabolic pathway”)

基 (き)礎 (そ)代 (たい)謝 (しゃ) ‎(kiso taisha, “basal metabolism”)
物 (ぶっ)質 (しつ)代 (たい)謝 (しゃ) ‎(busshitsu taisha, “metabolism”)
窒 (ちっ)素 (そ)代 (たい)謝 (しゃ) ‎(chisso taisha, “nitrogen metabolism”)

Verb

代謝する ‎(intransitive, hiragana たいしゃする, romaji taisha suru)

(physiology) to metabolize

See also

異 (い)化 (か) ‎(ika)
同 (どう)化 (か) ‎(dōka)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàixiè

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ ze⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-siā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàixiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayshieh
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: doi⁶ ze⁶
  - Yale: doih jeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ dze⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² t͡sɛː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-siā
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-siā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixsia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕia²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² ɕia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ ɕia²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ ɕia³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ ɕia³³/