紫杉醇

Chinese

		Japanese yew	of alcoholic drink, rich, pure
trad. (紫杉醇)		紫杉	醇
simp. #(紫杉醇)		紫杉	醇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐshānchún

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² caam³ seon⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐshānchún
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄕㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhshanchún
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-shan¹-chʻun²
    • Yale: dž-shān-chwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshanchwen
    • Palladius: цзышаньчунь (czyšanʹčunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² caam³ seon⁴
    • Yale: jí chaam sèuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tsaam³ soen⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² cam³ sên⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰaːm³³ sɵn²¹/

Noun

紫杉醇

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) taxol

   • 紫杉醇的發現，使已瀕臨消失的紅豆杉更加危在旦夕。 [MSC, trad.]
     紫杉醇的发现，使已濒临消失的红豆杉更加危在旦夕。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2001 October 17, 汪波 (Wang Bo), 《悲喜红豆杉》, in People's Daily, →ISSN, page 5

     Zǐshānchún de fāxiàn, shǐ yǐ bīnlín xiāoshī de hóngdòushān gèngjiā wēizàidànxī. [Pinyin]

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