Definition
嘌 (piào) is a classical character meaning 'fast, speedy' in old texts, but in modern Chinese it appears almost exclusively in the chemical term 嘌呤 (piàolǐng, 'purine'). You'll rarely see it alone outside this compound; in Taiwan it is sometimes pronounced piāo. For HSK purposes, focus on its role as a component of 嘌呤.
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(literary) fastspeedyused in 嘌呤 (purine)
Examples
- 嘌呤。piào líng shì réntǐ nèi zhòngyào de hán dàn jiǎn jī zhī yī.Purine is one of the important nitrogen-containing bases in the human body.
- 嘌呤。Tòngfēng huànzhě xūyào xiànzhì gāo piào líng shíwù de shèrù.Gout patients need to limit their intake of high-purine foods.
- 嘌呤。piào líng dàixiè wěnluàn huì dǎozhì niào suān shēnggāo.Disorder of purine metabolism can lead to elevated uric acid.
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