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Jyutpingsin1
Yalesīn
Definition
Acyl; an organic acid radical.
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How it's used
Technical terminology like this is almost exclusively encountered in academic or professional scientific contexts. It is rarely used in daily speech unless one is specifically discussing chemistry or biochemistry. When pronounced in Cantonese, it is often read with a specific literary reading that differs from its Mandarin counterpart.
Examples
There is an acyl group in this chemical name.
Acyl groups are very common in organic chemistry.
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this character with 胺, which refers to amine groups, due to their visual similarity. Ensure you distinguish between the two as they represent fundamentally different functional groups in chemistry.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
