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Usage of the character 嘌

piào
[嘌]
  • (literary) fast
  • speedy
  • used in 嘌呤 (piàolìng)
  • Taiwan pr. (piāo)
piàolìng
嘌呤
[嘌呤]
  • purine (loanword)
niǎopiàolìng
鸟嘌呤
[鳥嘌呤]
  • guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
xiànpiàolìng
腺嘌呤
[腺嘌呤]
  • adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
huángpiàolìng
黄嘌呤
[黃嘌呤]
  • xanthine
xiànpiàolìnghégānsānlínsuān
腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸
[腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸]
  • adenosine triphosphate (ATP)