安眠藥

See also: 安眠药

Chinese

		to sleep peacefully; to pass away	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (安眠藥)		安眠	藥
simp. (安眠药)		安眠	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānmiányào

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ min⁴ joek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôn-mìn-yo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): an-bîn-io̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānmiányào
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anmiányào
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-mien²-yao⁴
    • Yale: ān-myán-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anmianyaw
    • Palladius: аньмяньяо (anʹmjanʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānmiányàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: anmiányàor
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-mien²-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: ān-myán-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anmianyawl
    • Palladius: аньмяньяор (anʹmjanʹjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: on¹ min⁴ joek⁶
    • Yale: ōn mìhn yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ min⁴ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ min⁴ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ miːn²¹ jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-mìn-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ min^ˇ iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ min² yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ min¹¹ i̯ok̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôn-mìn-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: on^ˊ min^ˇ (r)iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: on¹ min² yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /on²⁴ min¹¹ (j)i̯ok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-bîn-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: an-bîn-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anbin'ioih
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²⁴⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ bin²³⁻³³ iɤʔ⁴/

Noun

安眠藥

1. (pharmacology) sleeping pill; hypnotic (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 片 m; 粒 m c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 安眠藥 (“sleeping pill; hypnotic”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		安眠藥, 催眠藥
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	安眠藥
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	安眠藥
Cantonese	Hong Kong	安眠藥
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	安眠藥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	安眠藥
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	愛睡目藥
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	安眠藥
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	安眠藥
Southern Min	Zhao'an	安眠藥
	Kaohsiung	愛睏藥仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	愛睏藥仔
	Tainan (Anping)	愛睏藥仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏藥
Wu	Suzhou	安眠藥
	Hangzhou	安眠藥

Descendants

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