藥頭

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (藥頭)		藥	頭
simp. (药头)		药	头

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàotóu
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: yàu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtour
    • Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

藥頭

1. (literary) drug; medicine; medication
2. (literary) gunpowder

Synonyms

• (drug): 藥物／药物 (yàowù), 藥品／药品 (yàopǐn)
• (gunpowder): 火藥／火药 (huǒyào)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàotóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàotóu
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tʻou²
    • Yale: yàu-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtour
    • Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: io̍h-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqtaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/

Noun

藥頭

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin) drug dealer
2. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) herbal soup made from the first decoction of traditional Chinese medicine
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) root of herbal medicine
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) traditional Chinese medicinal materials (for preserving health)

Synonyms

• (drug dealer): 毒販／毒贩 (dúfàn), 毒販子／毒贩子 (dúfànzi), 毒品販子／毒品贩子 (dúpǐn fànzi)
• (herbal soup): (Hokkien) 藥頭仔／药头仔