落藥

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (落藥)		落	藥
simp. (落药)		落	药

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ joek⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-io̍h

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: lohk yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiq'ioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ioʔ²⁴/

Verb

落⫽藥 (verb-object)

1. (Southern Min) to prescribe medications
2. (Cantonese) to drug (someone); to give someone drugs without their consent; to put in poison

Synonyms

• (to prescribe medications) 下藥／下药 (xiàyào), 開藥／开药 (kāiyào), 開方／开方 (kāifāng)