藥丸

See also: 药丸

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	pill
trad. (藥丸)		藥	丸
simp. (药丸)		药	丸
alternative forms		💊 slang & humorous
anagram		丸藥／丸药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàowán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ jyun^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-oân / io̍h-îⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàowán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàowán
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-wan²
    • Yale: yàu-wán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawwan
    • Palladius: яовань (jaovanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàowánr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàowánr
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-wan²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yàu-wánr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawwal
    • Palladius: яованьр (jaovanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wɑɻ³⁵/

Note: yàowánr - noun.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: yeuhk yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-oân
    • Tâi-lô: io̍h-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioiq'oaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-îⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: io̍h-înn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioiq'vii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ĩ²⁴/

Noun

藥丸

1. pill; tablet (small, usually medicinal object for swallowing) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒)

Synonyms

• 藥片／药片 (yàopiàn)
• (Hokkien) 藥餅／药饼

Verb

藥丸

1. (neologism, humorous, Internet slang) Alternative form of 要完 (yào wán, “to be done for; to be going to be done for; to be doomed”)

Derived terms

• 吃棗藥丸 / 吃枣药丸 (chīzǎoyàowán)