黴素

Chinese

		bacteria; fungi; mouldy	plain; element
trad. (黴素)		黴	素
simp. (霉素)		霉	素

Etymology

Likely rebracketing from 青黴素／青霉素 (qīngméisù, “penicillin”). Phono-semantic matching of English -mycin or -micin in many instances.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méisù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ sou³, mui⁴ sou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méisù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méisù
  - Wade–Giles: mei²-su⁴
  - Yale: méi-sù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meisuh
  - Palladius: мэйсу (mɛjsu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ su⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ sou³, mui⁴ sou³
  - Yale: mèih sou, mùih sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ sou³, mui⁴ sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ sou³, mui⁴ sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ sou̯³³/, /muːi̯²¹ sou̯³³/

Noun

黴素

(pharmacology) Indicates an antibiotic (especially one of the penicillin, aminoglycoside, macrolide or glycopeptide classes), an antituberculotic or an antimetabolite isolated from a bacterial or fungal species.

Derived terms

克拉黴素／克拉霉素 (kèlāméisù)
克林黴素／克林霉素 (kèlínméisù)
利福黴素／利福霉素
嘌呤黴素／嘌呤霉素 (piàolìngméisù)
四環黴素／四环霉素 (sìhuánméisù)
妥布黴素／妥布霉素
慶大黴素／庆大霉素 (qìngdàméisù)
林可黴素／林可霉素
柔紅黴素／柔红霉素
氯黴素／氯霉素 (lǜméisù)
甲紅黴素／甲红霉素
萬古黴素／万古霉素 (wàngǔméisù)
紅黴素／红霉素 (hóngméisù)
納他黴素／纳他霉素
絲裂黴素／丝裂霉素
羅紅霉素／罗红霉素
赤黴素／赤霉素 (chìméisù)
那他黴素／那他霉素
金黴素／金霉素 (jīnméisù)
鏈黴素／链霉素
阿奇黴素／阿奇霉素 (āqíméisù)
阿黴素／阿霉素 (āméisù)

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