藥王

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (藥王)		藥	王
simp. (药王)		药	王

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit भैषज्यराज (bhaiṣajyarāja).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yàowáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yàowáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yàowáng
    • Wade–Giles: Yao⁴-wang²
    • Yale: Yàu-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yawwang
    • Palladius: Яован (Jaovan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yak hjwang|hjwangH

Rime
Character	藥	王	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	云 (35)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	以灼切	雨方切	于放切
Baxter	yak	hjwang	hjwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/ɦʉɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/ɦʷiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/ɣiuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/	/ɦuaŋ/	/ɦuaŋH/
Li Rong	/iak̚/	/ɣiuaŋ/	/ɣiuaŋH/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/ɣĭwaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/	/iwaŋ/	/iwaŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè	wáng	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek6	wong4	wong6

Proper noun

藥王

1. (Buddhism) (～菩薩) Bhaiṣajyarāja bodhisattva

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “藥王” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].