阿片

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿片)		阿	片
simp. #(阿片)		阿	片

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), probably via English opium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āpiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ pin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-phiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āpiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: apiàn
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-pʻien⁴
    • Yale: ā-pyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: apiann
    • Palladius: апянь (apjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ pin³
    • Yale: a pin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ pin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ pin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ pʰiːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phiàn
    • Tâi-lô: a-phiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aphiexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ pʰiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn²¹/

Noun

阿片

1. opium

Synonyms

• 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn)
• (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)
• (dated) 阿芙蓉 (āfúróng)
• (Jin) 洋煙／洋烟
• (Hokkien) 烏薰／乌薰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	片
あ Jinmeiyō	へん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
鴉片 あへん アヘン

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn), probably via English opium.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あへん [àhéń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あ​へん [áꜜhèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

阿(あ)片(へん) or 阿片(アヘン) • (ahen) 

1. opium

   Synonym: オピウム (opiumu)

   • 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)十五幕(まく)　「逃(とう)走(そう)麗(れい)女(じょ)」 [Act 15: “Escaped Beauty”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— (るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)—) [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], kanzenban edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 134:

     阿(ア)片(ヘン)です　誤(あやま)って大(たい)量(りょう)の阿(ア)片(ヘン)を一度(ど)に吸(す)って…
     しかし妙(みょう)でござるな　阿(ア)片(ヘン)といえばかなり高(こう)価(か)な薬(くすり)　一(いっ)般(ぱん)人(じん)がそんな大(たい)量(りょう)に買(か)い込(こ)める代(しろ)物(もの)ではないはずだが…

     Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
     Shikashi myō de gozaru na Ahen to ieba kanari kōka na kusuri Ippanjin ga sonna tairyō ni kaikomeru shiromono de wa nai hazu da ga…

     Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
     It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 阿片(あへん)窟(くつ) (ahen-kutsu)
• 阿片(あへん)戦争(せんそう) (Ahen Sensō)
• 阿片(あへん)タバコ (ahen tabako)
• 阿片(あへん)中毒(ちゅうどく) (ahen chūdoku)
• 阿片(あへん)法(ほう) (ahen-hō)

See also

• 芥子(ケシ), 罌粟(ケシ) (keshi, “opium poppy”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿	片

Noun

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

1. Hanja form^? of 아편 (“opium”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿	片

Noun

阿片

1. chữ Hán form of a phiến (“opium”).