tài

technical
noun

Meaning of

肽 means peptide; organic compound formed by condensation of amino acids. Pronounced tài.

  • peptide; organic compound formed by condensation of amino acids

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Dàn
bái
zhì
shì
yóu
duō
ān
suān
tōng
guò
tài
jiàn
lián
jiē
ér
chéng
de
 

Proteins are formed by multiple amino acids linked together by peptide bonds.

Èr
tài
shì
yóu
liǎng
ān
suān
chéng
de
jiǎn
dān
huà
 

A dipeptide is a simple compound composed of two amino acids.

Duō
tài
liàn
zhé
dié
hòu
xíng
chéng
dàn
bái
zhì
de
sān
wéi
jié
gòu
 

Polypeptide chains fold to form the three-dimensional structure of proteins.

Shēng
shì
tài
de
jiù
chēng
 
xiàn
zài
bān
tǒng
shǐ使
yòng
tài
 

Sheng is the old name for peptide; now the character 肽 is generally used uniformly.