tài
noun #21,595

Meanings

  1. 1 peptide
  2. 2 a chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds

Examples

Jiāoyuán dànbái shì yóu duō tiáo tài liàn zǔchéng de.
Collagen is made up of multiple peptide chains.
Èr tài shì yóu liǎng gè ānjīsuān zǔchéng de zuì jiǎndān de tài.
A dipeptide is the simplest peptide, made up of two amino acids.

Tips

memory
is a scientific character: the (meat/flesh radical) on the left signals it relates to biological matter, and on the right gives the pronunciation. Peptides are literally biological 'flesh building blocks'.

Stroke Order

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