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糖原

tángyuán
noun #59,001

Meanings

  1. 1 glycogen
  2. 2 animal starch (the body's stored form of glucose)

Characters

糖
táng
sugar
原
yuán
source; raw material

Examples

肝脏可以储存糖原。
Gānzàng kěyǐ chǔcún tángyuán.
The liver can store glycogen.
运动时身体会消耗肌肉中的糖原。
Yùndòng shí shēntǐ huì xiāohào jīròu zhōng de tángyuán.
During exercise the body burns glycogen stored in the muscles.

Tips

memory
糖 (sugar) + 原 (source / raw material) — literally 'sugar source.' Glycogen is the body's reserve from which glucose can be released, so the name is mechanistically correct.

Stroke Order

糖 táng
原 yuán

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