藥罐

See also: 药罐

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	can; jar; pot
trad. (藥罐)		藥	罐
simp. (药罐)		药	罐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàoguàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ gun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-koàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàoguàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàoguàn
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-kuan⁴
  - Yale: yàu-gwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawguann
  - Palladius: яогуань (jaoguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàoguànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàoguànr
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-kuan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: yàu-gwànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawguall
  - Palladius: яогуаньр (jaoguanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ gun³
  - Yale: yeuhk gun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ gun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ gun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² kuːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-koàn
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-kuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqkoaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kuan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuan²¹/

Noun

藥罐

(traditional Chinese medicine) pot for storing or decocting herbal medicine
(figurative, humorous) one who often falls ill and regularly takes medicine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 藥罐子 (“pot for decocting herbal medicine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		藥罐子, 藥罐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藥罐兒, 藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Taiwan	藥壺, 藥罐, 藥罐子
	Chengde	藥銚子
	Chifeng	藥鍋兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	藥銚子
	Heihe	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Qiqihar	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Harbin	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Jiamusi	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Baicheng	藥罐子, 藥壺
	Changchun	藥壺
	Tonghua	藥壺
	Shenyang	藥罐子, 藥銚兒, 藥壺
	Jinzhou	藥壺, 藥銚子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Tangshan	藥罐子
	Cangzhou	藥鍋子
	Baoding	藥罐子, 藥銚兒
	Shijiazhuang	藥罐兒
	Lijin	砂鍋子, 藥壺子
	Jinan	藥鍋子, 砂鍋子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	藥銚子
	Dandong	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Yantai	藥罐子, 藥鍋子
	Yantai (Muping)	藥銚子
	Qingdao	藥罐子
	Zhucheng	藥罐子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	藥砂鍋
	Lingbao	藥鍋兒
	Jining	藥鍋
	Wanrong	藥鍋兒
	Linfen	藥鍋子
	Shangqiu	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Yuanyang	藥鍋
	Zhengzhou	藥砂鍋兒
	Xinyang	藥罐子
	Baihe	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Xi'an	藥罐兒, 藥鍋子, 藥鍋
	Baoji	藥鍋
	Tianshui	藥罐子
	Xining	藥罐子, 藥罐罐
	Xuzhou	藥鍋兒, 藥鍋子, 藥壺
	Fuyang	藥罐子, 藥壺
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	藥罐子, 藥鍋鍋
	Lanzhou	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Dunhuang	藥罐子
	Hami	藥罐子
	Ürümqi	藥罐子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藥罐罐, 藥罐罐兒, 藥罐兒, 藥罐子
	Nanchong	藥罐罐
	Dazhou	藥罐兒
	Hanyuan	藥罐子
	Xichang	藥罐兒
	Zigong	藥罐兒
	Chongqing	藥罐兒
	Wuhan	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Yichang	藥罐子
	Xiangyang	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Tianmen	藥罐子
	Guiyang	藥罐, 藥罐罐
	Zunyi	藥罐兒
	Bijie	藥罐罐
	Liping	藥罐罐
	Zhaotong	藥罐
	Dali	藥罐兒
	Kunming	藥罐兒
	Mengzi	藥罐兒
	Guilin	藥罐
	Liuzhou	藥罐, 藥罐子
	Jishou	藥罐子
	Changde	藥罐
	Hanzhong	藥罐子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	藥罐兒, 藥罐子
	Yangzhou	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Lianyungang	藥罐子, 藥銚子, 太平銚
	Lianshui	藥罐子
	Nantong	藥罐子
	Anqing	藥罐子
	Wuhu	藥罐子
	Hefei	藥罐子
	Hong'an	藥罐子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藥煲, 茶煲
	Hong Kong	藥煲
	Dongguan	藥煲, 茶煲
Gan	Nanchang	藥罐子
	Lichuan	藥罐, 藥罐仔, 藥罐兒
	Pingxiang	藥罐子
Hakka	Meixian	藥炙仔
Hakka	Yudu	藥罐
Huizhou	Jixi	藥罐
Huizhou	Shexian	藥罐
Jin	Taiyuan	藥罐子, 藥壺壺
	Yangyuan	藥壺
	Datong	藥壺子
	Xinzhou	藥罐子, 藥銚子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	藥鍋鍋, 藥盔盔
	Changzhi	藥鍋子
	Linhe	藥罐子, 藥壺子
	Jining	藥罐子
	Hohhot	藥罐子, 藥鍋
	Erenhot	藥罐子, 藥鍋子, 藥茶壺
	Pingshan	藥茶壺兒
	Zhangjiakou	藥罐子, 藥壺子
	Handan	藥罐子, 藥罐, 藥鍋
	Linzhou	藥鍋了
	Suide	熬藥鍋兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	藥甕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	藥罐
Southern Min	Xiamen	藥茶鈷, 藥罐仔, 藥鍋, 藥急燒, 急燒, 藥鈷仔
	Quanzhou	藥茶鈷, 藥罐仔, 藥鍋, 急燒
	Jinjiang	急燒
	Zhangzhou	藥茶鈷, 藥罐仔, 藥茶鍋, 藥鍋
	Taipei	急燒, 藥鈷仔
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	藥鈷
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	藥鈷
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	藥鈷
	Kaohsiung	急燒仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	急燒仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	急燒仔, 藥鈷
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	急燒, 藥鍋仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	急燒仔
	Tainan	急燒仔
	Kinmen	急燒仔
	Penghu (Magong)	急燒
	Penghu (Xiyu)	急燒
	Haikou	藥瓶, 藥罐, 煲藥瓶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藥壺, 藥煲
Wu	Shanghai	藥罐頭
	Suzhou	藥罐頭
	Danyang	藥罐
	Hangzhou	藥罐兒, 藥罐頭
	Ningbo	藥沙罐
	Wenzhou	藥鍋兒
	Jinhua	藥罐
Xiang	Changsha	藥罐子
Xiang	Loudi	藥𬙒子

Dialectal synonyms of 藥罐子 (“chronic invalid; someone who is regularly on medication”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		藥罐子, 藥罐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藥罐兒, 藥罐子
	Taiwan	藥罐子, 藥罐
	Harbin	藥罐子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	藥罐罐子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	藥罐罐, 藥罐子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	藥罐子
	Lanzhou	藥罐子
	Ürümqi	藥罐子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藥罐罐, 藥罐罐兒, 藥罐子
	Guiyang	藥罐罐, 藥罐
	Liuzhou	藥罐子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藥煲
	Hong Kong	藥煲
	Dongguan	藥煲, 茶煲
Gan	Lichuan	藥罐, 藥罐仔, 藥罐兒
Gan	Pingxiang	藥罐子
Jin	Taiyuan	藥罐子
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藥罐
Wu	Shanghai	藥罐頭
	Suzhou	藥罐頭
	Danyang	藥罐頭
	Hangzhou	藥罐兒, 藥罐頭
	Ningbo	藥沙罐
	Wenzhou	藥鍋兒
Xiang	Changsha	藥罐子
Xiang	Loudi	藥𬙒子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藥	罐
やく > やっ Jinmeiyō	かん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
藥	罐
やく > や Jinmeiyō	かん Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

藥(や)罐(かん) • (yakan) ^{←やくわん (yakwan)^?}
(alternative reading hiragana やっかん, rōmaji yakkan, historical hiragana やくくわん)

Kyūjitai form of 薬缶 (“kettle”)