HSK 6 · Food

蛋白质 dànbáizhì “protein” in Chinese

Traditional 蛋白質

What 蛋白质 means

  1. protein

How to say 蛋白质

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蛋dàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale白bái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale质zhì4th tone, falling

蛋白质 in a sentence

  1. 鸡蛋里有很多蛋白质。

    Jīdàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō dànbáizhì.

    Eggs contain a lot of protein.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 运动以后可以多补充一些蛋白质。

    Yùndòng yǐhòu kěyǐ duō bǔchōng yìxiē dànbáizhì.

    After exercise it’s good to get some extra protein.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 蛋白质 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 蛋 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
蛋dànegg
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 延 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

The character 白 (bái) drawn as one shape
白báiwhite

白 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 质 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
质zhìcharacter
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 蛋白质

蛋 11 strokes · 白 5 strokes · 质 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

蛋白质 (dànbáizhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 蛋白质 (dànbáizhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 蛋白质

Words with 蛋

鸡蛋jīdàn · egg蛋糕dàngāo · cake

Words with 白

白天báitiān · daytime白bái · white白色báisè · white明白míngbai · clear苍白cāngbái · pale坦白tǎnbái · frank空白kòngbái · blank

Words with 质

质量zhìliàng · quality物质wùzhì · matter本质běnzhì · essence性质xìngzhì · nature变质biànzhì · to go bad气质qìzhì · temperament人质rénzhì · hostage地质dìzhì · geology品质pǐnzhì · quality实质shízhì · substance

More words: Food & Dining

煮zhǔ · to boil馋chán · greedy (for food)盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)橙chéng · orange (fruit)稻谷dàogǔ · rice (unhusked)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish风味fēngwèi · local flavour烘hōng · to bake

FAQs

蛋白质 (dànbáizhì) means “protein”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dànbáizhì: dàn with a 4th tone, then bái with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 蛋白质 is written 蛋白質. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type danbaizhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蛋白质 from the suggestions. Typing danbaizhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蛋白质 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.