黃嘌呤

Chinese

		yellow	purine
trad. (黃嘌呤)		黃	嘌呤
simp. (黄嘌呤)		黄	嘌呤

Etymology

Compare English xanthine, ultimately from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángpiàolìng, huángpiāolìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ piu¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángpiàolìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángpiàolìng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-pʻiao⁴-ling⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-pyàu-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangpiawlinq
    • Palladius: хуанпяолин (xuanpjaolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángpiāolìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄆㄧㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángpiaolìng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-pʻiao¹-ling⁴
    • Yale: hwáng-pyāu-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangpiaulinq
    • Palladius: хуанпяолин (xuanpjaolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ piu¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: wòhng pīu lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ piu¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ piu¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ pʰiːu̯⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Noun

黃嘌呤

1. (chemistry) xanthine