胺

胺 U+80FA, 胺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80FA ← 胹 [U+80F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 胻 → [U+80FB]

Translingual

Han character

胺 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月十女 (BJV), four-corner 7324₄, composition ⿰⺼安)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 981, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29446
• Dae Jaweon: page 1433, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2072, character 5
• Unihan data for U+80FA

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (安) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
安	*qaːn
鞍	*qaːn
鞌	*qaːn
侒	*qaːn
按	*qaːns
案	*qaːns
洝	*qaːns
荌	*qaːns
晏	*qaːns, *qraːns
鴳	*qraːns
騴	*qraːns
鷃	*qraːns
頞	*qaːd
胺	*qaːd
咹	*qaːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qaːd) : semantic 肉 (“meat”) + phonetic 安 (OC *qaːn).

Etymology 1

trad.		胺
simp. #		胺

Borrowed from English amine. Related to 氨 (ān, “ammonia”) and 銨／铵 (ǎn, “ammonium”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àn, ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ, ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ / on³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹oe

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴
    • Yale: àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: on¹ / on³
    • Yale: ōn / on
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ / on³
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ / on³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵/, /ɔːn³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹oe
    • MiniDict: oe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹oe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ø⁵³/

Definitions

胺

1. (chemistry) amine

Compounds

• 三乙胺 (sānyǐ'àn)
• 三甲胺 (sānjiǎ'àn)
• 乙胺 (yǐ'àn)
• 二乙胺 (èryǐ'àn)
• 二甲胺 (èrjiǎ'àn)
• 多巴胺 (duōbā'àn, “dopamine”)
• 抗組織胺／抗组织胺 (kàngzǔzhī'àn)
• 氯胺 (lǜ'àn)
• 氯胺酮 (lǜ'àntóng)
• 烯胺 (xī'àn)
• 甲胺 (jiǎ'àn)
• 硫胺素 (liú'ànsù)
• 磺胺 (huáng'àn)
• 組織胺／组织胺 (zǔzhī'àn)
• 組胺／组胺 (zǔ'àn)
• 胺基 (ànjī)
• 萊克多巴胺／莱克多巴胺 (láikèduōbā'àn)
• 醯胺 (xī'àn)
• 間胺黃／间胺黄

 

Etymology 2

trad.		胺
simp. #		胺
alternative forms		𦛅 餲／𮩝 Cantonese 壓／压 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): è, ān (e⁴, an¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ, ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aat³

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: an
    • Wade–Giles: an¹
    • Yale: ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: an
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aat³
    • Yale: aat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːt̚³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

---

• Middle Chinese: 'at

Rime
Character	胺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏葛切
Baxter	'at
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔat̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɑt̚/
Wang Li	/ɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	e
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ot3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胺
Reading #	1/1
No.	25
Phonetic component	安
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	遏
Old Chinese	/*qaːd/
Notes	見漢簡，論語作餲

Definitions

胺

1. ^† (of meat) to rot and smell
2. (Cantonese) smelling of urine

   一行入個廁所就聞到成陣胺味，好似十世冇洗過噉。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一行入个厕所就闻到成阵胺味，好似十世冇洗过噉。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ haang⁴ jap⁶ go³ ci³ so² zau⁶ man⁴ dou^3-2 seng⁴ zam⁶ aat³ mei⁶, hou² ci⁵ sap⁶ sai³ mou⁵ sai² gwo³ gam². [Jyutping]

   The washroom smells like urine once you walk in, like it's not been washed in ages.

Japanese

Kanji

胺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: あち (achi)
• Kan-on: あつ (atsu)
• Kun: におう (niou, 胺う)

Vietnamese

Han character

胺: Hán Nôm readings: ươn

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.