麸质

麩質
fūzhì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 gluten

Examples

HSK 5
Tā duì fūzhì guòmǐn, bùnéng chī miànbāo.
She's allergic to gluten and can't eat bread.
HSK 6
Zhè kuǎn chǎnpǐn shì wú fūzhì de.
This product is gluten-free.

Tips

usage
无麸质 ("gluten-free") is the standard label phrasing on Chinese food packaging. The term spread in mainland China alongside imported Western awareness of celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
memory
麸 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

麸 fū
质 zhì