海洛英

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (海洛英)		海	洛	英
simp. #(海洛英)		海	洛	英

Etymology

Borrowed from English heroin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiluòyīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² lok⁶ jing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-lo̍k-eng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiluòyīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiluòying
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-lo⁴-ying¹
    • Yale: hǎi-lwò-yīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeluohing
    • Palladius: хайлоин (xajloin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ iŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² lok⁶ jing¹
    • Yale: hói lohk yīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² lok⁹ jing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² log⁶ ying¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lɔːk̚² jɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-lo̍k-eng
    • Tâi-lô: hái-lo̍k-ing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haylog'efng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海洛英

1. heroin (powerful and addictive drug)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海洛因, 海洛英
Mandarin	Beijing	白麵兒, 老海
	Taiwan	海洛因, 白粉
	Luoyang	白麵兒, 老海
	Xi'an	白麵兒
	Ürümqi	白麵兒
	Yangzhou	白麵子
	Singapore	白粉
	Dagudi (Maliba)	白粉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	白粉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白粉
	Hong Kong	海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白粉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白粉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	海洛英
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白粉
	Móng Cái	白粉
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	白粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海洛因
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海洛因
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海洛因
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海洛因
	Senai (Huiyang)	白粉
Jin	Taiyuan	料子
	Xinzhou	料子
Southern Min	Xiamen	海洛因
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白粉
	Chaozhou	白粉
	Shantou	白粉
	Jieyang	白粉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白粉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	下洛因
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白粉
Wu	Danyang	白粉, 白麵
	Wenzhou	白粉