# 蛋白
## Chinese

* 蛋白 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 蛋白 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dànbái
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dan$^4$ be$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^6$ / daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^{6-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): an$^5$ pak$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tan$^5$ 'pah$^7$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tàn-pe̍k / tàn-pia̍k
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): daan$^6$ biak$^6$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$de-baq$_8$ / $^6$doe-baq$_8$ / $^6$doe-baq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dànbái
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dànbái
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^4$-pai$^2$
*** Yale: dàn-bái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbair
*** Palladius: даньбай (danʹbaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dan$^4$ be$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: danbe
*** Sinological IPA : /tan²¹³ pɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^6$ / daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: dáan baahk / dáan báak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^9$ / daan$^{6-2}$ baak$^{9-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dan$^{6-2}$ bag$^6$ / dan$^{6-2}$ bag$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚²/, /taːn²²⁻³⁵ paːk̚²⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: an$^5$ pak$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /an³² pʰak̚²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tan$^5$ 'pah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰan¹¹ ˈpʰaʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pe̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tàn-pi̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: darnpek
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tan²¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tan¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàn-pia̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tàn-pia̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: darnpiak
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piak̚²⁴/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: daan$^6$ biak$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tan²² piɐk̚²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-baq$_8$
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ bah$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-baq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² baʔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /de²³ bɑʔ¹¹/
** (Northern: Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^6$doe-baq$_8$
*** MiniDict: doe$^去$ bah$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /dø³¹ bɑʔ⁵/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^6$doe-baq$_8$
*** MiniDict: doe$^去$ bah$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /dø²² bɐʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

蛋白
* egg white; albumen
* Short for 蛋白質／蛋白质 (dànbáizhì, “protein”).

#### Synonyms

* (egg white):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蛋白, 卵白 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛋清兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蛋白 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛋清兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蛋白 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 雞蛋清兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛋白兒, 蛋清兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 雞蛋清 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 雞蛋清兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 清子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 清子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 雞蛋清兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 白白, 蛋清清, 蛋清, 蛋白白, 蛋白 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蛋清 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蛋白子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蛋白 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蛋白 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蛋白 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛋白 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛋白 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 架架白 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 春白 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蛋白 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 雞卵白 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 雞春白 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 卵白 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 卵白 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 雞子清 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 雞清, 清子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 卵白 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 卵清 †, 卵白 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 卵清 †, 卵白 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 卵清 †, 卵白 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 卵清 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 卵白 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 卵清 †, 卵白 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 白仁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 白仁 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 卵白 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蛋白, 蛋清 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蛋白, 蛋清 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 蛋白 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蛋白 |
| Wu | Danyang | 子白, 蛋清 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蛋清 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蛋白 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 卵清 †, 卵白 ‡ |
| Note | † - raw; ‡ - cooked | † - raw; ‡ - cooked |
* (protein):
| 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

* 低蛋白血症 (dīdànbáixuèzhèng)
* 彈性蛋白 / 弹性蛋白 (dànxìngdànbái)
* 微管蛋白 (wēiguǎn dànbái)
* 核孔蛋白 (hékǒng dànbái)
* 核蛋白 (hédànbái)
* 殼硬蛋白 / 壳硬蛋白 (kéyìngdànbái)
* 球蛋白 (qiúdànbái)
* 甲胎蛋白 (jiǎtāidànbái)
* 白蛋白 (báidànbái)
* 視蛋白 / 视蛋白 (shìdànbái)
* 穀膠蛋白 / 谷胶蛋白 (gǔjiāo dànbái)
* 組織蛋白 / 组织蛋白 (zǔzhī dànbái)
* 組蛋白 / 组蛋白 (zǔdànbái)
* 纖維蛋白 / 纤维蛋白
* 纖維蛋白原 / 纤维蛋白原 (xiānwéidànbái yuán)
* 肌凝蛋白 (jīníngdànbái)
* 肌動蛋白 / 肌动蛋白 (jīdòngdànbái)
* 胎兒蛋白 / 胎儿蛋白 (tāi'ér dànbái)
* 胃蛋白酶 (wèidànbáiméi)
* 脂蛋白 (zhīdànbái)
* 胰蛋白酶 (yídànbáiméi)
* 膠元蛋白 / 胶元蛋白
* 膠原蛋白 / 胶原蛋白 (jiāoyuán dànbái)
* 蛋白尿 (dànbáiniào)
* 蛋白粉 (dànbáifěn)
* 蛋白組 / 蛋白组 (dànbáizǔ)
* 蛋白聚糖 (dànbáijùtáng)
* 蛋白質 / 蛋白质 (dànbáizhì)
* 蛋白酶 (dànbáiméi)
* 血漿蛋白 / 血浆蛋白 (xuèjiāngdànbái)
* 血紅蛋白 / 血红蛋白 (xuèhóng dànbái)
* 角蛋白 (jiǎodànbái)
* 載體蛋白 / 载体蛋白 (zàitǐ dànbái)
* 輸入蛋白 / 输入蛋白 (shūrù dànbái)
* 輸出蛋白 / 输出蛋白 (shūchū dànbái)
* 通道蛋白
* 酪蛋白 (làodànbái)
* 醣蛋白 / 糖蛋白 (tángdànbái)
* 麩質蛋白 / 麸质蛋白 (fūzhì dànbái)
* 麵筋蛋白 / 面筋蛋白 (miànjīn dànbái)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 蛋 | 白 |
| たん Hyōgai | はく > ぱく Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 蛋白 (tan? bæk, literally “egg + white”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
The protein sense is more recent and developed out of the egg white sense, similar to many languages.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たんぱく [táꜜǹpàkù] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) たんぱく [tàńpákú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [tã̠mpa̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

蛋(たん)白(ぱく) or 蛋白(タンパク) • (tanpaku)
* egg white, albumen
* Short for 蛋白質 (tanpakushitsu): protein (more common sense in modern Japanese)

#### Usage notes

* This term is often spelled in katakana (as タンパク) due to the rarity of the first character, 蛋.

#### Synonyms

* (egg white): 卵(らん)白(ぱく) (ranpaku) (more common), 白(しろ)身(み) (shiromi)

#### Derived terms

* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ) (tanpakushitsu): protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)尿(にょう) (tanpakunyō): albuminuria
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku bunkai kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)消(しょう)化(か)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpaku shōka kōso): protease, an enzyme that breaks down protein
* 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)石(せき) (tanpakuseki): opal

### References

* ↑ 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 |

### Noun

蛋白 • (danbaek) (hangeul 단백)
* hanja form of 단백 (“egg white; Abbreviation of 단백질 (danbaekjil).”)