黴素

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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

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