酵素

Chinese

		yeast	plain; element
trad. (酵素)		酵	素
simp. #(酵素)		酵	素

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàosù, xiàosù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ, ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau¹ sou³ / gaau³ sou³ / haau³ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàⁿ-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàosù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàosù
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: jyàu-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawsuh
    • Palladius: цзяосу (czjaosu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàosù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàosù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao⁴-su⁴
    • Yale: syàu-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawsuh
    • Palladius: сяосу (sjaosu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau¹ sou³ / gaau³ sou³ / haau³ sou³
    • Yale: hāau sou / gaau sou / haau sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau¹ sou³ / gaau³ sou³ / haau³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao¹ sou³ / gao³ sou³ / hao³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯⁵⁵ sou̯³³/, /kaːu̯³³ sou̯³³/, /haːu̯³³ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàⁿ-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: kànn-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvarsox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kã²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kã²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kã¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kã²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/

Noun

酵素

1. enzyme

   肝酵素 [Cantonese]  ―  gon¹ haau¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  liver enzymes

Usage notes

• Still used outside Mainland;
• In Mainland, once no longer used and still the case in scientific contexts – in which 酶 (méi) is used to express this concept; reintroduced in non-academic contexts by wellness influencers and followed up by consumer products.

Synonyms

• 酶 (méi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酵	素
こう Grade: S	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

酵 (kō, “fermentation”) +‎ 素 (so, “element”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞]

Noun

酵(こう)素(そ) • (kōso) ^{←かうそ (kauso)?}

1. (biochemistry) enzyme

   酵(こう)素(そ)活(かっ)性(せい)が高(たか)まる

   kōso kassei ga takamaru

   enzyme activity increases

Derived terms

• 酵(こう)素(そ)学(がく) (kōsogaku, “enzymology”)
• 蛋(たん)白(ぱく)質(しつ)分(ぶん)解(かい)酵(こう)素(そ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
酵	素

Noun

酵素 • (hyoso or McCune-Reischauer: hyoso or Yale: hyōso) (hangeul 효소)

1. hanja form^? of 효소 (“enzyme”)