米松

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (米松)		米	松
simp. ^#(米松)		米	松

Etymology

Borrowed from English -methasone.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐsōng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐsōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐsong
  - Wade–Giles: mi³-sung¹
  - Yale: mǐ-sūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miisong
  - Palladius: мисун (misun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Suffix

米松

(pharmacology) -methasone

Derived terms

倍他米松 (bèitāmǐsōng)
倍氯米松 (bèilǜmǐsōng)
地塞米松 (dìsàimǐsōng)
氟米松 (fúmǐsōng)
鹵米松 / 卤米松 (lǔmǐsōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	松
べい Grade: 2	まつ Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ベーマツ [bèémátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞ːma̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

米(べい)松(まつ) or 米松(ベイマツ) • (beimatsu)

Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ベイマツ (beimatsu).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN