Chinese Word Entry

核酸
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): hé suān
Cantonese (Jyutping): hat6 syun1
Definitions:
  1. nucleic acid

  2. (coll) nucleic acid test (abbr for 核酸檢測〔核酸检测〕[he2 suan1 jian3 ce4])


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Chinese characters used in this word

nucleus, core, kernel, seed, nut, atom
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄜˊ (hé), ㄏㄨˊ (hú), ㄍㄞ (gāi), ㄎㄞˋ (kài)
Cantonese: hat6
Japanese: カク (kaku) / さね (sane)
Korean: 핵 (haeg)
Vietnamese: hạch
Variants
Semantic variant form:

acid, bitterness, sour, tart, stiff, spoiled
Readings
Mandarin: ㄙㄨㄢ (suān)
Cantonese: syun1
Japanese: サン (san) / す.い (sui)、 す (su)、 つらい (tsurai)
Korean: 산 (san)
Vietnamese: toan
Variants
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