青黴素

See also: 青霉素

Chinese

			plain; element
trad. (青黴素)		青黴	素
simp. (青霉素)		青霉	素
Literally: “bluegreen-mold substance”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngméisù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ mei⁴ sou³ / cing¹ mui⁴ sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-mûi-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīngméisù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingméisù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-mei²-su⁴
    • Yale: chīng-méi-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingmeisuh
    • Palladius: цинмэйсу (cinmɛjsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ mei⁴ sou³ / cing¹ mui⁴ sou³
    • Yale: chīng mèih sou / chīng mùih sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ mei⁴ sou³ / tsing¹ mui⁴ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ méi⁴ sou³ / qing¹ mui⁴ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ sou̯³³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ muːi̯²¹ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-mûi-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-muî-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengmuisox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ muĩ²⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ²⁴⁻²² sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² muĩ¹³⁻²² sɔ²¹/

Noun

青黴素

1. (pharmacology) penicillin

Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, 青黴素／青霉素 (qīngméisù) is the preferred term; 盤尼西林／盘尼西林 (pánníxīlín) is considered dated.

Synonyms

• 盤尼西林／盘尼西林 (pánníxīlín)