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BCAA

BCAA
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 BCAA
  2. 2 branched-chain amino acids (gym supplement)

Examples

训练前我会喝一杯BCAA。
Xùnliàn qián wǒ huì hē yì bēi BCAA.
I drink a BCAA before training.
BCAA到底有没有用,健身圈一直在争论。
BCAA dàodǐ yǒu méi yǒu yòng, jiànshēn quān yìzhí zài zhēnglùn.
Whether BCAAs actually do anything is a long-running debate in the fitness scene.

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BCAA is read out as English letters in Chinese gym talk — no Chinese reading. Related supplement loanwords kept as letters: HMB, EAA. Native term: 支链氨基酸 (zhīliàn ānjīsuān), used mainly in formal nutrition writing.