酵素

Chinese

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

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 酵 (こう)素 (そ) (kōso)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàosù, xiàosù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ, ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ sou³, haau¹ sou³, haau³ sou³
Min Nan (POJ): kàⁿ-sò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàosù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawsuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàosù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawsuh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau³ sou³, haau¹ sou³, haau³ sou³
  - Yale: gaau sou, hāau sou, haau sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ sou³, haau¹ sou³, haau³ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao³ sou³, hao¹ sou³, hao³ sou³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːu̯³³ sou̯³³/, /hɑːu̯⁵⁵ sou̯³³/, /hɑːu̯³³ sou̯³³/
Min Nan
- (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

(dated) enzyme

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

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞]

Noun

酵素 (hiragana こうそ, rōmaji kōso, historical hiragana かうそ)

(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

酵素学 (こうそがく) (kōsogaku, “enzymology”)
蛋白質分解酵素 (たんぱくしつぶんかいこうそ) (tanpakushitsu bunkai kōso, “protease”)

Descendants

Chinese: 酵素
Korean: 효소 (hyoso)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
酵	素

Noun

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

Hanja form^? of 효소 (“enzyme”).

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