DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

克林黴素

简克林霉素 · 繁克林黴素

Mandarin · pinyin kè lín méi sù

(pharmacology) clindamycin

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
林: lín · forest, grove; surname
黴: Look up this written character
素: sù · white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
霉: méi · mildew, mold; moldy, mildewed

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–2–4 · ke4 lin2 mei2 su4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

克林黴素 · find source passages ↗ · 克林霉素 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

(pharmacology) clindamycin

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack