慶大黴素

Chinese

		celebrate	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (慶大黴素)		慶	大	黴素
simp. (庆大霉素)		庆	大	霉素

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English gentamicin. 慶大 means "celebrate the 9th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party" (see quotation).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìngdàméisù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìngdàméisù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìngdàméisù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing⁴-ta⁴-mei²-su⁴
    • Yale: chìng-dà-méi-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinqdahmeisuh
    • Palladius: циндамэйсу (cindamɛjsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ su⁵¹/

Noun

慶大黴素

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) gentamicin

   • 一種具有獨特療效的國產抗菌素——「慶大黴素」，在歡慶「九大」的大喜日子裡試製成功。 [MSC, trad.]
     一种具有独特疗效的国产抗菌素——「庆大霉素」，在欢庆「九大」的大喜日子里试制成功。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1969 May 7, 《坚决贯彻毛主席“备战、备荒、为人民”的伟大战略方针 我国制成具有独特疗效的抗菌素》, in 《人民日报》 [People's Daily], →ISSN, issue 7607, page 4

     Yī zhǒng jùyǒu dútè liáoxiào de guóchǎn kàngjūnsù — “qìngdàméisù”, zài huānqìng “Jiǔdà” de dàxǐ rìzi lǐ shìzhì chénggōng. [Pinyin]

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