膽固醇

See also: 胆固醇

Chinese

		the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder	sterol
trad. (膽固醇)		膽	固醇
simp. (胆固醇)		胆	固醇

Etymology

Calque of English cholesterol, ultimately from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”) + στερεός (stereós, “firm, solid”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎngùchún

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² gu³ seon⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): dam³ gu⁴ cun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): táⁿ-kò͘-sûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎngùchún
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎngùchún
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-ku⁴-chʻun²
    • Yale: dǎn-gù-chwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daanguhchwen
    • Palladius: даньгучунь (danʹgučunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² gu³ seon⁴
    • Yale: dáam gu sèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² gu³ soen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² gu³ sên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ kuː³³ sɵn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: dam³ gu⁴ cun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tam³¹ ku⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: táⁿ-kò͘-sûn
    • Tâi-lô: tánn-kòo-sûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvafkorsuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ sun²³/

Noun

膽固醇

1. cholesterol