ān jī pú tángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
glucosamine (abbr. for 氨基葡萄糖[ān jī pú tao táng])
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Original source entry:

氨基葡糖 氨基葡糖 [an1 ji1 pu2 tang2] /glucosamine (abbr. for 氨基葡萄糖[an1 ji1 pu2 tao5 tang2])/

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Character information

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  • 氨
    ān

    ammonia

  • 基
    jī

    (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

  • 葡
    pú

    used in 葡萄[pú tao]

    Pú

    Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pú táo yá]

  • 糖
    táng

    sugar / sweets / candy / CL:顆|颗[kē],塊|块[kuài]

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