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酶

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: bhuê5
POJ: buê
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: enzyme, -ase
酶

This reading covers both a modern 'enzyme' sense and an obsolete sense as an alternative form of 媒 ('yeast'); the modern biochemistry sense was chosen as more likely useful/intended.

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