乳酸

Chinese

Etymology 1

		milk	acid
trad. (乳酸)		乳	酸
simp. #(乳酸)		乳	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsuan
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-suan¹
    • Yale: rǔ-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruusuan
    • Palladius: жусуань (žusuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ syun¹
    • Yale: yúh syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ syːn⁵⁵/

Noun

乳酸

1. (organic chemistry) lactic acid

Derived terms

• 乳酸菌 (rǔsuānjūn)
• 發酵乳酸／发酵乳酸
• 聚乳酸 (jùrǔsuān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (乳酸):

• → Japanese: 乳(にゅう)酸(さん) (nyūsan)
• → Korean: 유산(乳酸) (yusan)
• → Vietnamese: nhũ toan (乳酸)

Etymology 2

		breast	to ache; to be sore
trad. (乳酸)		乳	酸
simp. #(乳酸)		乳	酸

Modelled after 蛋疼 (dànténg).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǔsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǔsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǔsuan
    • Wade–Giles: ju³-suan¹
    • Yale: rǔ-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruusuan
    • Palladius: жусуань (žusuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵⁵/

Adjective

乳酸

1. (Mainland China, neologism, slang) so bored, astonished or frustrated that one's "boobs" hurt [from 2010s]

See also

• 蛋疼 (dànténg)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乳	酸
にゅう Grade: 6	さん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にゅうさん [nyùúsáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːsã̠ɴ]

Noun

乳(にゅう)酸(さん) • (nyūsan) 

1. (organic chemistry) lactic acid

Korean

Hanja in this term
乳	酸

Noun

乳酸 • (yusan) (hangeul 유산)

1. Hanja form^? of 유산 (“lactic acid”).