揈頭丸

Chinese

		to shake one's head	pill
trad. (揈頭丸)		揈頭	丸
simp. (揈头丸)		揈头	丸
alternative forms		捹頭丸／捹头丸 𢫕頭丸／𢫕头丸 fing頭丸／fing头丸
Literally: “head-shaking pill”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: fihng tàuh yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fing⁶ tau⁴ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fing⁶ teo⁴ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

揈頭丸

1. (Cantonese) ecstasy (drug)

Synonyms

• E仔 (ji¹ zai²) (Cantonese, slang)
• 快樂丸／快乐丸 (kuàilèwán) (Taiwan)
• 愛它死／爱它死 (àitāsǐ) (Singapore)
• 搖頭丸／摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
• 狂藥／狂药 (kuángyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
• 瘋藥／疯药 (fēngyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
• 衣服 (yīfú) (Taiwan, slang)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 搖頭丸 (“ecstasy; MDMA”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搖頭丸
Mandarin	Taiwan	搖頭丸, 快樂丸, 衣服, 綠蝴蝶, 狂喜, 亞當, 忘我
	Singapore	愛它死
Cantonese	Hong Kong	揈頭丸, E仔
Southern Min	Taipei	搖頭丸 GT, 衫 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)