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Information of 霉

Pinyin méi

Radical

雨

Strokes

15 strokes

Usage

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Definition

bacteria / fungi / moldy

霉 (méi) 1. A type of low-level plant, a class of fungi, often parasitic on the surface of food and clothing, appearing filamentous, branched, and lacking chlorophyll: mildew (霉菌). White mold (白霉). Green mold (青霉). 2. To encounter bad luck or adverse circumstances (倒霉). Also written as "倒楣". 3. Food, clothing, etc., become moldy due to moisture and heat: to mold (发霉). Moldy (霉烂). Mold change (霉变). Moldy air (霉气). Moldy tofu (霉豆腐). 霉 (méi) 1. Fungi; mold (霉菌) that grows on the surface of various organic materials or biological entities, especially when damp or rotting. 2. Plum rains (梅雨). 霉 (méi) 1. Dirty and black (面垢黑). 霉 (méi) 1. To spoil due to mildew (物因生菌而质变): be spoiled by mildew. Example: - 霉显 (to mold due to moisture and spoil) - 霉黑 (material becomes moldy and turns blue-black) - 霉干菜 (mustard greens' stems and leaves, spiced and salted, put in a jar to mold and then sun-dried) 霉 (méi) 1. A white growth usually formed on the surface of various organic materials and live plants by fungi such as the powdery mildew family and downy mildew family (霉). Example: - 青霉 (penicillium) - 绿霉 (green mold) 霉 (méi) 1. Dirty and black (面垢黑). References: 1. "说文": 黴，中久雨青黑. 2. "楚辞·刘向·九叹逢纷": 颜黴黧以沮败兮. 3. "淮南子·脩务": 尧瘦臞，舜黴黑. Example: - 霉瘠 (black and thin) - 霉黧 (describes a dirty black face)

倒霉 dǎo méi

to have bad luck / to be out of luck

氯霉素 lǜ méi sù

chloramphenicol / chloromycetin

青霉素 qīng méi sù

penicillin

霉菌 méi jūn

mold

链霉素 liàn méi sù

streptomycin

霉变 méi biàn

mildew / mould

发霉 fā méi

to become moldy

霉素 méi sù

teichomycin / -mycin

红霉素 hóng méi sù

erythromycin

曲霉 qū méi

aspergillus

阿霉素 ā méi sù

adriamycin amycinadriacin doxorubicin

赤霉素 chì méi sù

gibberellin / activol / gibrel

黄曲霉 huáng qū méi

Aspergillus flavus (fungus typically found on crops)

霉烂 méi làn

mold / rot

霜霉病 shuāng méi bìng

downy mildew

霉气 méi qì

a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck

防霉 fáng méi

rot proof / resistance to rot

金霉素 jīn méi sù

aureomycin / duomycin / biomycin / chlorotetracycline

黄曲霉素 huáng qū méi sù

aflatoxin / flavacin

自认倒霉 zì rèn dǎo méi

tough luck / tough titty / accept the bad luck / suck on it