(tài) — peptide

Definition

noun
peptide

Examples

  • Zhè zhǒng tài jù yǒu kàng jūn huó xìng.
    This type of peptide has antibacterial activity.
  • Dàn bái zhì zài tǐ nèi bèi fēn jiě chéng tài.
    Proteins are broken down into peptides in the body.
  • Yán jiū rén yuán hé chéng le yì zhǒng xīn xíng tài.
    The researchers synthesized a new type of peptide.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asròu
Sound part声符shēngfú
tàitài
Same sound today

肽 pairs ⺼, written in full as 肉, with 太, whose sound is tài.

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