黴素

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

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• 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

1. (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

• 克拉黴素／克拉霉素 (kèlāméisù)
• 克林黴素／克林霉素 (kèlínméisù)
• 利福黴素／利福霉素
• 嘌呤黴素／嘌呤霉素 (piàolìngméisù)
• 四環黴素／四环霉素 (sìhuánméisù)
• 妥布黴素／妥布霉素
• 慶大黴素／庆大霉素 (qìngdàméisù)
• 林可黴素／林可霉素
• 柔紅黴素／柔红霉素
• 氯黴素／氯霉素 (lǜméisù)
• 甲紅黴素／甲红霉素
• 萬古黴素／万古霉素 (wàngǔméisù)
• 紅黴素／红霉素 (hóngméisù)
• 納他黴素／纳他霉素
• 絲裂黴素／丝裂霉素 (sīlièméisù)
• 羅紅霉素／罗红霉素
• 赤黴素／赤霉素 (chìméisù)
• 那他黴素／那他霉素
• 金黴素／金霉素 (jīnméisù)
• 鏈黴素／链霉素
• 阿奇黴素／阿奇霉素 (āqíméisù)
• 阿黴素／阿霉素 (āméisù)