| 革兰氏染色法 |
Gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ |
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria) |
| 革 |
gé |
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
| 革兰氏 |
Gé lán shì |
Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革兰氏染色法 |
| 兰 |
Lán |
surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 兰州, Gansu |
| 兰 |
lán |
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木兰) |
| 氏 |
shì |
(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures |
| 氏 |
zhī |
used in 月氏 / used in 阏氏 |
| 染 |
rǎn |
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting |
| 染色 |
rǎn sè |
dye |
| 色 |
sè |
color / CL:种 / look / appearance / sex |
| 色 |
shǎi |
(coll.) color / used in 色子 |
| 法 |
fǎ |
variant of 法 |
| 法 |
Fǎ |
France / French / abbr. for 法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4] |
| 法 |
fǎ |
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉) |
| 法 |
fǎ |
old variant of 法 / law |