黑色素

Chinese

		the color black	plain; element
simp. and trad. (黑色素)		黑色	素

Etymology

Calque of English melanin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēisèsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ sik¹ sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēisèsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄙㄜˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heisèsù
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-sê⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: hēi-sè-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heisehsuh
    • Palladius: хэйсэсу (xɛjsɛsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ sik¹ sou³
    • Yale: hāk sīk sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ sik⁷ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ xig¹ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ sou̯³³/

Noun

黑色素

1. (biochemistry) melanin

Synonyms

• 黑素 (hēisù)

Derived terms

• 黑色素瘤 (hēisèsùliú)
• 黑色素細胞／黑色素细胞 (hēisèsù xìbāo)