西林

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīlín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ lam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīlín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: silín
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-lin²
    • Yale: syī-lín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilin
    • Palladius: силинь (silinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ lam⁴
    • Yale: sāi làhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ lam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ lem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (西林)		西	林

Borrowed from English penicillin.

Noun

西林

1. (pharmacology) penicillin

Derived terms

• 西林瓶 (xīlínpíng)

 

Etymology 2

		west	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (西林)		西	林

Proper noun

西林

1. (～里, formerly ～村) An urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei, Taiwan, formerly a rural village
2. (～縣) Xilin (a county of Baise, Guangxi, China)
3. (～區) Xilin (a former district of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China)