黴菌

See also: 霉菌

Chinese

		bacteria; fungi; mouldy	bacteria; mould; mushroom bacteria; mould; mushroom; germ
trad. (黴菌/霉菌)		黴/霉	菌
simp. (霉菌)		霉	菌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méijūn, méijùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ kwan² / mui⁴ kwan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-khún / bôe-khún / bâi-kín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méijūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méijyun
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-chün¹
    • Yale: méi-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meijiun
    • Palladius: мэйцзюнь (mɛjczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méijùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méijyùn
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-chün⁴
    • Yale: méi-jyùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meijiunn
    • Palladius: мэйцзюнь (mɛjczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ kwan² / mui⁴ kwan²
    • Yale: mèih kwán / mùih kwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ kwan² / mui⁴ kwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ kuen² / mui⁴ kuen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ kʷʰɐn³⁵/, /muːi̯²¹ kʷʰɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-khún
    • Tâi-lô: muî-khún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'quon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-khún
    • Tâi-lô: buê-khún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'quon
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² kʰun⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâi-kín
    • Tâi-lô: bâi-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bai'kien
    • IPA (Taipei): /bai²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bai²³⁻³³ kin⁴¹/

Note: Borrowed from Japanese.

Noun

黴菌

1. mould; mold; fungus

Derived terms

• 赤黴菌／赤霉菌
• 黑黴菌／黑霉菌
• 黴菌毒素／霉菌毒素 (“mycotoxin”)
• 黴菌病／霉菌病

 

See also

• 發霉 (fāméi)

References

• “Entry #31015”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黴	菌
ばい Hyōgai	きん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
ばい菌

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばいきん [bàíkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ikʲĩɴ]

Noun

黴(ばい)菌(きん) • (baikin) 

1. germs, something like bacteria that is harmful to the body