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麩醯胺酸 vs 谷氨酰胺

glutamine (Gln), an amino acid · Different wording

台灣 · Taiwan
麩醯胺酸 ㄈㄨ ㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄢ · fū àn suān
vs
大陆 · Mainland
谷氨酰胺 gǔ ān xiān àn · ㄍㄨˇ ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄢˋ

What differs, and by how much

Different wording The two terms share 胺 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 麩醯胺酸; on the Mainland it is 谷氨酰胺 - both point at “glutamine (Gln), an amino acid”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 麩醯胺酸、谷氨酰胺 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.

Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.

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Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 麩醯胺酸 谷氨酰胺
Reading ㄈㄨ ㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄢ fū àn suān gǔ ān xiān àn ㄍㄨˇ ㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄢˋ
Senses glutamine (Gln), an amino acid glutamine (Gln), an amino acid
Syllabus — —
MOE records 麩醯胺酸 · 谷氨酰胺
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary
Audio — —

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