阿米巴

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿米巴)		阿	米	巴
simp. #(阿米巴)		阿	米	巴

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āmǐbā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄇㄧˇ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ mai⁵ baa¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ bhi² ba¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āmǐbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄧˇ ㄅㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: amǐba
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-mi³-pa¹
    • Yale: ā-mǐ-bā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: amiiba
    • Palladius: амиба (amiba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ mai⁵ baa¹
    • Yale: a máih bā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ mai⁵ baa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ mei⁵ ba¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ mɐi̯¹³ paː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: a¹ bhi² ba¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a bí pa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ bi⁵²⁻³⁵ pa³³/

Noun

阿米巴

1. amoeba (a member of a genus of unicellular protozoa)

Synonyms

• 變形蟲／变形虫 (biànxíngchóng)

Derived terms

• 阿米巴病 (āmǐbābìng)
• 阿米巴痢疾