tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
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Original source entry:

天冬苯丙二肽酯 天冬苯丙二肽酯 [tian1 dong1 ben3 bing3 er4 tai4 zhi3] /aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)/

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Character information

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  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

  • 冬
    dōng

    winter / (onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat

    Dōng

    surname Dong

  • 苯
    běn

    benzene / benzol (chemistry)

  • 丙
    bǐng

    third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl

  • 二
    èr

    two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

  • 肽
    tài

    peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

  • 酯
    zhǐ

    ester

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