# 蛋白質
## Chinese

* 蛋白質 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 蛋白質 (Cantonese)
* thàn-pha̍k-chṳt (Hakka)
* 蛋白質 (Wu)
* 蛋白質 (Classical)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dànbáizhì, dànbáizhí
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ, ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^6$ zat$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tan$^4$ pag$^6$ zed$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàn-pe̍k-chit / tàn-pia̍k-chit / tān-pe̍k-chit
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-baq-tseq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànbáizhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànbáijhìh
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-pai$^2$-chih$^4$
*** Yale: dàn-bái-jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjyh
*** Palladius: даньбайчжи (danʹbajčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànbáizhí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄓˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànbáijhíh
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-pai$^2$-chih$^2$
*** Yale: dàn-bái-jŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbairjyr
*** Palladius: даньбайчжи (danʹbajčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^6$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: dáan baahk jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^9$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^{6-2}$ bag$^6$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚² t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tan$^4$ pag$^6$ zed$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰan⁵³ pʰak̚⁵ t͡sət̚¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pe̍k-chit
*** Tâi-lô: tàn-pi̍k-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: darnpegcid
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sit̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pia̍k-chit
*** Tâi-lô: tàn-pia̍k-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: darnpiagcid
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piak̚²⁴⁻² t͡sit̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān-pe̍k-chit
*** Tâi-lô: tān-pi̍k-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daxnpegcid
*** IPA (Taipei): /tan³³⁻¹¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan³³⁻²¹ piɪk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sit̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-baq-tseq
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ bah tseh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-baq-tseq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² baʔ⁵⁵ t͡səʔ²¹/

### Noun

蛋白質
* protein
    蛋白質折疊／蛋白质折叠 ― dànbáizhì zhédié ― protein folding
    富含蛋白質／富含蛋白质 ― fùhán dànbáizhì ― to be rich in proteins
       Jiǔjīng kě shǐ dànbáizhì biànxìng. [Pinyin]
       Alcohol can make protein denatured.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛋白質, 蛋白 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋白質, 蛋白 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蛋白質 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 卵白質 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 卵白質 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蛋白質, 蛋白 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蛋白質 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蛋白質 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 卵白質 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蛋白質 |

#### Derived terms

* 蛋白質奶昔／蛋白质奶昔 (dànbáizhì nǎixī)
* 蛋白質缺乏症／蛋白质缺乏症 (dànbáizhì quēfázhèng)

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: danbwzciz

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 蛋 | 白 | 質 |
| たん Hyōgai | はく > ぱく Grade: 1 | しつ Grade: 5 |
| kan'on |||
* Alternative spellings
* タンパクしつ たんぱく質 タンパク質

### Etymology

From 蛋白 (tanpaku, “egg white”) +‎ 質 (shitsu, “material”); the use of 蛋白 is a semantic loan from German Eiweiß.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たんぱくしつ [tàńpákúꜜshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [4])
* (Tokyo) たんぱくしつ [tàńpáꜜkùshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

### Noun

蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) or 蛋白質(タンパクシツ) • (tanpakushitsu)
* protein

#### Synonyms

* プロテイン (purotein)
* (short) 蛋白(たんぱく) (tanpaku)

#### Derived terms

* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)
* 緑(りょく)色(しょく)蛍(けい)光(こう)蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 蛋 | 白 | 質 |

### Noun

蛋白質 • (danbaekjil or McCune-Reischauer: tanbaekchil or Yale: tānpaykqcil) (hangeul 단백질)
* hanja form of 단백질 (“protein”)