阿芙蓉

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
trad. (阿芙蓉)		阿	芙蓉
simp. #(阿芙蓉)		阿	芙蓉

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn) or Persian افیون (afyun).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āfúróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ fu⁴ jung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āfúróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: afúróng
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-fu²-jung²
    • Yale: ā-fú-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: afwurong
    • Palladius: афужун (afužun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ fu³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ fu⁴ jung⁴
    • Yale: a fùh yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ fu⁴ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ fu⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ fuː²¹ jʊŋ²¹/

Noun

阿芙蓉

1. (dated) opium

Synonyms

• 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn)
• 阿片 (āpiàn)
• (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)
• (Jin) 洋煙／洋烟
• (Hokkien) 烏薰／乌薰