益生菌

益生菌

Chinese

		benefit; increase	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	bacteria; mold; mushroom bacteria; mold; mushroom; germ
simp. and trad. (益生菌)		益	生	菌
Literally: “life-benefiting bacterium/fungus”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìshēngjūn, yìshēngjùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ, ㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik¹ sang¹ kwan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìshēngjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshengjiun
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìshēngjùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄐㄩㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihshengjiunn
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik¹ sang¹ kwan²
    • Yale: yīk sāng kwán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁷ sang¹ kwan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig¹ seng¹ kuen²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn³⁵/

Noun

益生菌

1. (bacteriology) probiotic

Synonyms

• 益菌 (yìjūn)