微生物

Chinese

		tiny; minute; clandestine tiny; minute; clandestine; hide; elegant; exquisite	organism; living being; lifeform organism; living being; lifeform; biology
trad. (微生物)		微	生物
simp. #(微生物)		微	生物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēishēngwù, wéishēngwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄕㄥ ㄨˋ, ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ sang¹ mat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-seng-bu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēishēngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄕㄥ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weishengwù
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-shêng¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: wēi-shēng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueishengwuh
    • Palladius: вэйшэнъу (vɛjšɛnʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéishēngwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄥ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéishengwù
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-shêng¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: wéi-shēng-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishengwuh
    • Palladius: вэйшэнъу (vɛjšɛnʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ sang¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: mèih sāng maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ sang¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ seng¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-seng-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bî-sing-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bisengbut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ³³ but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 微生物

1. microorganism; microbe

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
微	生	物
び Grade: S	せい Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

微(び)生(せい)物(ぶつ) • (biseibutsu) 

1. microorganism, microbe

Derived terms

• 微生物学
• 微生物学者

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
微	生	物

Noun

微生物 • (misaengmul) (hangeul 미생물)

1. Hanja form^? of 미생물 (“microorganism, microbe”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
微	生	物

Noun

微生物

1. chữ Hán form of vi sinh vật (“microorganism, microbe”).