西藥

Chinese

		west	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (西藥)		西	藥
simp. (西药)		西	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ joek⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): se-io̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai¹ ioh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyào
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: syī-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyaw
    • Palladius: сияо (sijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ joek⁶
    • Yale: sāi yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ jœːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: se-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'ioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ iɤʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sai¹ ioh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sai io̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³⁻²³ ioʔ⁴/

Noun

西藥

1. Western medicine

Synonyms

• 新藥／新药 (xīnyào)
• (Malaysian Hokkien) 紅毛藥／红毛药

Derived terms

• 西藥房／西药房 (xīyàofáng)