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

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

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

References

“黴菌”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠ikʲĩɴ]

Noun

黴(ばい)菌(きん) • (baikin)

germs, something like bacteria that is harmful to the body

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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