Chinese symbol for “penicillin”
青霉素
qīng méi sù
Traditional: 青黴素
(pharmacology) penicillin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for penicillin is 青霉素 (qīng méi sù), defined as: (pharmacology) penicillin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “penicillin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 青霉素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
| 青睐 (青睞) | qīng lài | (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | to have bad luck; to be out of luck |
| 发霉 (發霉) | fā méi | to become moldy |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “penicillin”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.