卡介苗

Chinese

		phonetic	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (卡介苗)		卡介	苗
simp. #(卡介苗)		卡介	苗

Etymology

Originally Cantonese, from 卡 (kaa1, from Calmette) + 介 (gaai3, from Guérin) + 苗 (“vaccine”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎjièmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ gaai³ miu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khah-kài-biâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎjièmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎjièmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³-chieh⁴-miao²
    • Yale: kǎ-jyè-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaajiehmiau
    • Palladius: кацземяо (kaczemjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎjièmiáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎjièmiáor
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³-chieh⁴-miao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: kǎ-jyè-myáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaajiehmiaul
    • Palladius: кацземяор (kaczemjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa¹ gaai³ miu⁴
    • Yale: kā gaai mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ gaai³ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹ gai³ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵ kaːi̯³³ miːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah-kài-biâu
    • Tâi-lô: khah-kài-biâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qahkae'biaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kai²¹⁻⁵³ biau²⁴/

Noun

卡介苗

1. Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine (for tuberculosis)