血红蛋白

血紅蛋白
xuèhóng dànbái
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 hemoglobin

Examples

HSK 6
Xuèhóng dànbái fùzé bǎ yǎngqì yùndào quánshēn.
Hemoglobin carries oxygen to the whole body.
HSK 7-9
Tǐjiǎn bàogào xiǎnshì tā de xuèhóng dànbái piāndī, kěnéng yǒudiǎn pínxuè.
Her checkup report shows low hemoglobin; she may be a little anemic.

Tips

mistakes
On the mainland 血红素 is heme, the iron-containing part, and 血红蛋白 the whole oxygen-carrying protein; in Taiwan 血红素 usually means hemoglobin. Lab reports abbreviate it Hb. 血 takes its written reading xuè here, not the colloquial xiě.

Stroke Order

血 xuè
红 hóng
蛋 dàn
白 bái