寡糖

guǎtáng

noun

Meanings

Guǎtáng yǒu zhù yú chángdào jiànkāng.

Oligosaccharides help gut health.

Zhè zhǒng yǐnliào tiānjiā le shànshí guǎtáng.

This drink contains added dietary oligosaccharides.

memory

寡 means 'few' (as in 寡人 'lonely sovereign'). 寡糖 = 'few-sugar' = a short chain of sugar units — exactly what oligo- means in Greek (oligos = few).

寡 guǎ

糖 táng