果糖 (guǒtáng): fructose

Meanings

1 fructose
2 fruit sugar

Characters

果

Examples

蜂蜜里含有大量果糖。

Fēngmì lǐ hányǒu dàliàng guǒtáng.

Honey contains a large amount of fructose.

果糖比蔗糖更甜。

Guǒtáng bǐ zhètáng gèng tián.

Fructose is sweeter than sucrose.

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usage

Built transparently: 果 (fruit) + 糖 (sugar) — "fruit sugar". Pairs neatly with the other sugars in food-science vocabulary: 葡萄糖 (pútáotáng, glucose, lit. "grape sugar"), 蔗糖 (zhètáng, sucrose, "cane sugar"), 乳糖 (rǔtáng, lactose, "milk sugar").