洋藥

Chinese

		ocean; foreign	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (洋藥)		洋	藥
simp. (洋药)		洋	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángyào
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-yao⁴
    • Yale: yáng-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangyaw
    • Palladius: янъяо (janʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

洋藥

1. (dated) opium imported from overseas

   • 所謂戒煙者，原戒的是洋藥，本不是戒的本土，但看各關報銷冊，洋藥進口稅一年有多少，便曉得我們中國人吃洋煙的多少。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     所谓戒烟者，原戒的是洋药，本不是戒的本土，但看各关报销册，洋药进口税一年有多少，便晓得我们中国人吃洋烟的多少。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1903, 李寶嘉, 官場現形記

     Suǒwèi jièyān zhě, yuán jiè de shì yángyào, běn bùshì jiè de běntǔ, dàn kàn gè guān bàoxiāo cè, yángyào jìnkǒu shuì yī nián yǒu duōshào, biàn xiǎode wǒmen Zhōngguórén chī yángyān de duōshào. [Pinyin]

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2. (dated) Western medicine imported from overseas