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肽

tài

Character

What 肽 means

1. peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

Words starting with 肽

• 肽基tài jīpeptide group; peptide unit
• 肽键tài jiànpeptide bond CO-NH; bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
• 肽链tài liànpeptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)
• 肽单位tài dān wèipeptide unit (on protein chain)
• 肽聚糖tài jù tángpeptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wall)

Words containing 肽

• 多肽duō tàipolypeptide, chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH, a component of protein
• 毒肽dú tàiphallotoxin (biochemistry)
• 内啡肽nèi fēi tàiendorphin
• 司美格鲁肽sī měi gé lǔ tài(loanword) semaglutide – drug used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, marketed under…
• 天冬苯丙二肽酯tiān dōng běn bǐng èr tài zhǐaspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)

Characters built on 太

These share the phonetic component 太 (tài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 态tài(bound form); appearance; shape
• 汰tàito discard; to eliminate
• 钛tàititanium (chemistry)
• 酞tàiphthalein (chemistry)
• 呔dāi(interjection) hey!; Taiwan pr. tai

Characters that look like 肽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 肢zhīlimb
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 肱gōngupper arm; arm

Sounds the same

Read tài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 太highest; greatest; too (much)
• 态(bound form); appearance; shape
• 泰safe; peaceful; most
• 汰to discard; to eliminate
• 钛titanium (chemistry)
• 酞phthalein (chemistry)
• 忕extravagant; luxurious
• 忲variant of 忕