used in 嘌呤[piao4 ling4]; Taiwan pr. [ling2]

(literary) to whisper

purine (loanword)

adenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)

guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)