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核糖核酸

核糖核酸

Chinese

		ribose	nucleic acid
simp. and trad. (核糖核酸)		核糖	核酸

Noun

核糖核酸

(biochemistry) ribonucleic acid, RNA

Related terms

脫氧核糖核酸／脱氧核糖核酸 (tuōyǎnghétánghésuān, “deoxyribonucleic acid”)

Etymology

Calque of English ribonucleic acid.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hétánghésuān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hétánghésuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hertangrhersuan
  - IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ su̯a̠n⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hat⁶ tong⁴ hat⁶ syun¹
  - Yale: haht tòhng haht syūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹ tong⁴ hat⁹ syn¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹ hɐt̚² ɕyːn⁵⁵/