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), 槍藥／枪药 (qiāngyào); (Hakka, Teochew) 銃藥／铳药

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàotóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo² tao²
• 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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo² tao² [Phonetic: ieo⁵ lao²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̤̍uh-táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
• 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, Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) herbal soup made from the first decoction of traditional Chinese medicine
3. (Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) conductor (ingredient added to enhance the effectiveness of the medicine)
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) root of herbal medicine
5. (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
• (conductor): 藥引／药引 (yàoyǐn), 藥引子／药引子 (yàoyǐnzi), 引子 (yǐnzi)

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “藥頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “药头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 301.