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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 氨基酸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
氨基酸 ān jī suān - amino acid

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,388 11,018 15,113

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
ān- ammonia
- (bound form) base; foundation
- (bound form) radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
suān- sour
- tart
- sick at heart
- grieved
- sore
- aching
- pedantic
- impractical
- to make sarcastic remarks about sb
- an acid

Other Words Containing 氨基酸

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
氨基酸 - - 34,388 11,018 15,113