蛋白

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dànbái

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dan⁴ be²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan^6-2 baak⁶ / daan^6-2 baak^6-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): an⁵ pak⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): tan⁵ 'pah⁷
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàn-pe̍k / tàn-pia̍k
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): daan⁶ biak⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶de-baq₈ / ²de₆-baq₈ / ⁶doe-baq₈ / ⁶doe-baq₈

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dànbái
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dànbái
  - Wade–Giles: tan⁴-pai²
  - Yale: dàn-bái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbair
  - Palladius: даньбай (danʹbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dan⁴ be²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: danbe
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²¹³ pɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan^6-2 baak⁶ / daan^6-2 baak^6-2
  - Yale: dáan baahk / dáan báak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan^6-2 baak⁹ / daan^6-2 baak^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan^6-2 bag⁶ / dan^6-2 bag^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚²/, /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚²⁻³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: an⁵ pak⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /an³² pʰak̚²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tan⁵ 'pah⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰan¹¹ ˈpʰaʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pe̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tàn-pi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darnpek
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tàn-pia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: darnpiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piak̚²⁴/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: daan⁶ biak⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan²² piɐk̚²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶de-baq₈
  - MiniDict: de^去 bah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³de-baq₅
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² baʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²de₆-baq₈
  - MiniDict: de^去 bah^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /de²² bɑʔ³³/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁶doe-baq₈
  - MiniDict: doe^去 bah^入
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /dø³¹ bɑʔ⁵/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶doe-baq₈
  - MiniDict: doe^去 bah^入
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /dø²² bɐʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

蛋白

egg white; albumen
short for 蛋白質／蛋白质 (dànbáizhì, “protein”)

Synonyms

(egg white):

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白 (“(chicken) egg white”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋白, 卵白
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蛋清兒
	Taiwan	蛋白
	Harbin	蛋清兒
	Singapore	蛋白
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	雞蛋清兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋白兒, 蛋清兒
	Wanrong	雞蛋清
	Xi'an	雞蛋清兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	清子
	Lanzhou	清子
	Ürümqi	雞蛋清兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	白白, 蛋清清, 蛋清, 蛋白白, 蛋白
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蛋清
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蛋白子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋白
	Hong Kong	蛋白
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋白
Gan	Nanchang	蛋白
	Lichuan	蛋白
	Pingxiang	架架白
Hakka	Meixian	卵白
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	春白
	Yudu	蛋白
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵白
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	卵白
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	卵白
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	卵白
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	雞卵白
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	卵白
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	雞春白
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵白
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	卵白
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	卵白
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	卵白
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	卵白
Huizhou	Jixi	雞子清
Jin	Xinzhou	雞清, 清子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	卵白
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵清
Southern Min	Xiamen	卵清
	Quanzhou	卵清
	Zhangzhou	卵清
	Zhao'an	卵清 †, 卵白 ‡
	Taipei	卵清
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	卵清
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	卵清
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	卵清
	Kaohsiung	卵清
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	卵清
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	卵清
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	卵清
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	卵清
	Yilan	卵清
	Yilan (Luodong)	卵清 †, 卵白 ‡
	Yilan (Toucheng)	卵清 †, 卵白 ‡
	Changhua (Lukang)	卵清
	Changhua (Yongjing)	卵清
	Taichung	卵清
	Tainan	卵清
	Tainan (Anping)	卵清
	Hsinchu	卵清
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	卵清
	Kinmen	卵清
	Penghu (Magong)	卵清
	Penghu (Xiyu)	卵清
	Singapore (Hokkien)	卵清
	Longyan	卵白
	Jieyang	卵清 †, 卵白 ‡
	Leizhou	白仁
	Haikou	白仁
	Singapore (Hainanese)	卵白
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛋白, 蛋清
Wu	Shanghai	蛋白, 蛋清
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋白
	Suzhou	蛋白
	Danyang	子白, 蛋清
	Hangzhou	蛋清
	Ningbo	蛋白
	Wenzhou	卵清 †, 卵白 ‡
Note	† - raw; ‡ - cooked

(protein):

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋白質 (“protein”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋白質, 蛋白
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蛋白質, 蛋白
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蛋白質
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	卵白質
Hakka	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	卵白質
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛋白質, 蛋白
	Quanzhou	蛋白質
	Zhangzhou	蛋白質
	Tainan	卵白質
	Jieyang	蛋白質

Derived terms

低蛋白血症 (dīdànbáixuèzhèng)
彈性蛋白 / 弹性蛋白 (dànxìngdànbái)
微管蛋白 (wēiguǎn dànbái)
核孔蛋白 (hékǒng dànbái)
核蛋白 (hédànbái)
殼硬蛋白 / 壳硬蛋白 (kéyìngdànbái)
球蛋白 (qiúdànbái)
甲胎蛋白 (jiǎtāidànbái)
白蛋白 (báidànbái)
視蛋白 / 视蛋白 (shìdànbái)
穀膠蛋白 / 谷胶蛋白 (gǔjiāo dànbái)
組織蛋白 / 组织蛋白 (zǔzhī dànbái)
組蛋白 / 组蛋白 (zǔdànbái)
纖維蛋白 / 纤维蛋白
纖維蛋白原 / 纤维蛋白原 (xiānwéidànbái yuán)
肌凝蛋白 (jīníngdànbái)
肌動蛋白 / 肌动蛋白 (jīdòngdànbái)
胎兒蛋白 / 胎儿蛋白 (tāi'ér dànbái)
胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi)
脂蛋白 (zhīdànbái)
胰蛋白酶 (yídànbáiméi)
膠元蛋白 / 胶元蛋白
膠原蛋白 / 胶原蛋白 (jiāoyuán dànbái)
蛋白尿 (dànbáiniào)
蛋白粉 (dànbáifěn)
蛋白組 / 蛋白组 (dànbáizǔ)
蛋白聚糖 (dànbáijùtáng)
蛋白質 / 蛋白质 (dànbáizhì)
蛋白酶 (dànbáiméi)
血漿蛋白 / 血浆蛋白 (xuèjiāngdànbái)
血紅蛋白 / 血红蛋白 (xuèhóng dànbái)
角蛋白 (jiǎodànbái)
載體蛋白 / 载体蛋白 (zàitǐ dànbái)
輸入蛋白 / 输入蛋白 (shūrù dànbái)
輸出蛋白 / 输出蛋白 (shūchū dànbái)
通道蛋白
酪蛋白 (làodànbái)
醣蛋白 / 糖蛋白 (tángdànbái)
麩質蛋白 / 麸质蛋白 (fūzhì dànbái)
麵筋蛋白 / 面筋蛋白 (miànjīn dànbái)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛋	白
たん Hyōgai	はく > ぱく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 蛋白 (tan? bæk, literally “egg + white”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

The protein sense is more recent and developed out of the egg white sense, similar to many languages.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たんぱく [táꜜǹpàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) たんぱく [tàńpákú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

蛋(たん)白(ぱく) or 蛋白(タンパク) • (tanpaku)

egg white, albumen
short for 蛋白質 (tanpakushitsu): protein (more common sense in modern Japanese)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in katakana (as タンパク) due to the rarity of the first character, 蛋.

Synonyms

(egg white): 卵(らん)白(ぱく) (ranpaku) (more common), 白(しろ)身(み) (shiromi)

Derived terms

蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (tanpakushitsu): protein
蛋(たん)白(ぱく)尿(にょう) (tanpakunyō): albuminuria
蛋(たん)白(ぱく)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku bunkai kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
蛋(たん)白(ぱく)消(しょう)化(か)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku shōka kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
蛋(たん)白(ぱく)石(せき) (tanpakuseki): opal

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
蛋	白

Noun

蛋白 • (danbaek) (hangeul 단백)

hanja form^? of 단백 (“egg white; Abbreviation of 단백질 (danbaekjil).”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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