肽
peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)
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Dict coverage rank #3,142 U+80BD
How 肽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “organic compound”) + 太 (phonetic, tài)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 太
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 太 (tài) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太 sound component | tài | very, too much; big; extreme |
| 态 | tài | manner, bearing, attitude |
| 汰 | tài | to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive |
| 钛 | tài | titanium |
| 呔 | dāi | tire; neck-tie |
| 酞 | tài | phthalein |
Words containing 肽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 司美格鲁肽 | sī měi gé lǔ tài | (loanword) semaglutide – drug used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, marketed under th… |
| 肽单位 | tài dān wèi | peptide unit (on protein chain) |
| 天冬苯丙二肽酯 | tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐ | aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener) |
| 肽聚糖 | tài jù táng | peptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wall) |
| 多肽 | duō tài | polypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein |
| 肽基 | tài jī | peptide group; peptide unit |
| 毒肽 | dú tài | phallotoxin (biochemistry) |
| 内啡肽 | nèi fēi tài | endorphin |
| 肽链 | tài liàn | peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein) |
| 肽键 | tài jiàn | peptide bond CO-NH; bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical |