革兰氏

gé lán shì

Mr Gram

Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法

革

gé

animal hide

兰

lán

abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

氏

shì

(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏[Wang2 shi4] "the Wang clan")