蛋氨酸

dàn'ānsuān

noun

Meanings

1 methionine

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

蛋氨酸是一种含硫的氨基酸。

Dàn'ānsuān shì yì zhǒng hán liú de ānjīsuān.

Methionine is a sulfur-containing amino acid.

HSK 7-9

养鸡场常在饲料里添加蛋氨酸，让鸡长得更快。

Yǎngjīchǎng cháng zài sìliào lǐ tiānjiā dàn'ānsuān, ràng jī zhǎng de gèng kuài.

Chicken farms often add methionine to the feed so the chickens grow faster.

Tips

usage

蛋氨酸 is the everyday name, common on feed and supplement labels. Textbooks use the systematic name 甲硫氨酸 'methyl-sulfur amino acid', which spells out its structure.

Stroke Order

蛋 dàn

氨 ān

酸 suān