盘尼西林

盤尼西林

pánníxīlín

noun #37,150

Meanings

1 penicillin (loanword)

Characters

nun / used in transliterations

Examples

医生给他打了一针盘尼西林。

Yīshēng gěi tā dǎ le yī zhēn pánníxīlín.

The doctor gave him a shot of penicillin.

他对盘尼西林过敏。

Tā duì pánníxīlín guòmǐn.

He is allergic to penicillin.

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history

A 1940s-era phonetic loan from English "penicillin." Largely replaced in modern Chinese by the calque 青霉素 (qīngméisù, "green-mold-element"), but 盘尼西林 still appears in period dramas and older texts.

Stroke Order

盘 pán

尼 ní

西 xī

林 lín