西林

Chinese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīlín

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ lam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīlín
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: silín
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-lin²
  - Yale: syī-lín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilin
  - Palladius: силинь (silinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ lin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai¹ lam⁴
  - Yale: sāi làhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ lam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ lem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ lɐm²¹/

Etymology 1

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (西林)		西	林

Borrowed from English penicillin.

Noun

西林

(pharmacology) penicillin

Derived terms

西林瓶 (xīlínpíng)

Etymology 2

		west	woods; forest
simp. and trad. (西林)		西	林

Proper noun

西林

(～里, formerly ～村) An urban village in Linkou district, New Taipei, Taiwan, formerly a rural village
(～縣) Xilin (a county of Baise, Guangxi, China)
(～區) Xilin (a former district of Yichun, Heilongjiang, China)

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