息斯敏

Chinese

		rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath	phonetic; this	keen; sensitive
simp. and trad. (息斯敏)		息	斯	敏
Literally: “settle this sensitivity (i.e. allergy)”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Hismanal.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīsīmǐn, xísīmǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄙ ㄇㄧㄣˇ, ㄒㄧˊ ㄙ ㄇㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīsīmǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄙ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisihmǐn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-ssŭ¹-min³
    • Yale: syī-sz̄-mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shisymiin
    • Palladius: сисыминь (sisyminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xísīmǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄙ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sísihmǐn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-ssŭ¹-min³
    • Yale: syí-sz̄-mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyisymiin
    • Palladius: сисыминь (sisyminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

息斯敏

1. (pharmacology) Hismanal (brand name for astemizole, an antihistamine)