麸质

麩質
fūzhì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 gluten

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè kuǎn chǎnpǐn shì wú fūzhì de.
This product is gluten-free.
HSK 5
Tā duì fūzhì guòmǐn, bùnéng chī miànbāo.
She's allergic to gluten and can't eat bread.

Tips

usage
无麸质 ("gluten-free") is the standard label phrasing on Chinese food packaging. The term spread in mainland China alongside imported Western awareness of celiac disease and gluten intolerance.
memory
literally means "wheat bran", the husk of wheat. So 麸质 is "the substance of wheat", a clean calque of the Latin-derived English "gluten" (from glutinous, sticky).

Stroke Order

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