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果糖

guǒtáng

noun #33,089

Meanings

1 fructose
2 fruit sugar

About the ingredient

调料 Seasonings

The sugar of fruit and honey, sweeter than table sugar. Milk-tea shops sweeten drinks mostly with high-fructose syrup, a mix of fructose and glucose.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

蜂蜜里含有大量果糖。

Fēngmì lǐ hányǒu dàliàng guǒtáng.

Honey contains a large amount of fructose.

HSK 7-9

果糖比蔗糖更甜。

Guǒtáng bǐ zhètáng gèng tián.

Fructose is sweeter than sucrose.

Tips

usage

Built transparently: 果 (fruit) + 糖 (sugar) - "fruit sugar". Pairs neatly with the other sugars in food-science vocabulary: 葡萄糖 (pútáotáng, glucose, lit. "grape sugar"), 蔗糖 (zhètáng, sucrose, "cane sugar"), 乳糖 (rǔtáng, lactose, "milk sugar").

Stroke Order

果 guǒ

糖 táng