嘌 (piào) — (literary) fast, speedy; used in 嘌呤 (purine)
Definition
A bound literary character meaning 'fast' — almost never seen alone, used today mainly in 嘌呤 (purine). Appears in chemistry/biology texts about nucleic acids and gout.
bound form
(literary) fastspeedyused in 嘌呤 (purine)
Easily confused
- 漂piāolook-aliketo float, to drift
- 票piàosound-aliketicket
- 膘biāolook-alikefat layer on livestock; animal fat (specifically subcutaneous fat)
- 瞟piǎolook-aliketo glance sidelong at, to cast a sidelong look
- 嫖piáolook-aliketo visit prostitutes, to solicit a prostitute
- 镖biāolook-alikedart-like weapon, typically used in Chinese martial arts
Examples
- 嘌呤。piào Lìng shì rén tǐ nèi zhòng yào de hán dàn jiǎn jī zhī yī.Purine is one of the important nitrogen-containing bases in the human body.
- 嘌呤。Tòng fēng huàn zhě xū yào xiàn zhì gāo piào lìng shí wù de shè rù.Gout patients need to limit their intake of high-purine foods.
- 嘌呤。piào Lìng dài xiè wěn luàn huì dǎo zhì niào suān shēng gāo.Disorder of purine metabolism can lead to elevated uric acid.
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