麸质

麩質
fūzhì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 gluten

Examples

Tā duì fūzhì guòmǐn, bùnéng chī miànbāo.
She's allergic to gluten and can't eat bread.
Zhè kuǎn chǎnpǐn shì wú fūzhì de.
This product is gluten-free.

Tips

usage
麸质 (wú fūzhì — 'gluten-free') is the standard label phrasing on Chinese food packaging. The term spread in mainland Chinese with the imported Western awareness of celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
memory
(fū) literally means 'wheat bran' — the husk of wheat. So 麸质 is 'the substance of wheat,' a clean calque of the Latin-derived English 'gluten' (from glutinous, sticky).

Stroke Order

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