甘氨酸

gān'ānsuān

noun

Meanings

1 glycine (simplest amino acid)

Characters

Examples

甘氨酸是最简单的氨基酸。

Gān'ānsuān shì zuì jiǎndān de ānjīsuān.

Glycine is the simplest amino acid.

甘氨酸有微微的甜味。

Gān'ānsuān yǒu wēiwēi de tiánwèi.

Glycine has a slightly sweet taste.

Tips

memory

甘 = sweet — glycine is the only amino acid named for its taste in both Greek (glykys 'sweet') and Chinese. The pinyin needs an apostrophe before 氨: gān'ānsuān, otherwise the syllable boundary is ambiguous.

Stroke Order

甘 gān

氨 ān

酸 suān