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

• (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 鴉片 (“opium”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		阿芙蓉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鴉片, 阿片
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鴉片
	Singapore	鴉片
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	大煙
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大煙
	Wanrong	洋煙
	Xi'an	大煙
	Xining	鴉片煙, 洋煙
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	大煙, 洋煙
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	鴉片煙
	Guiyang	鴉片煙, 大煙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	大煙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大煙
	Hong Kong	鴉片, 大煙, 福壽膏
Gan	Nanchang	鴉片煙
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	鴉片, 鴉片煙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鴉片, 鴉片煙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	鴉片, 鴉片煙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	鴉片, 鴉片煙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	鴉片, 鴉片薰
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鴉片, 鴉片薰
Huizhou	Jixi	烏煙
Jin	Taiyuan	洋煙
	Xinzhou	洋煙
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鴉片, 鴉片泥
Southern Min	Xiamen	烏薰
	Quanzhou	烏薰
	Jinjiang	烏薰
	Zhangzhou	烏薰
	Tainan	鴉片
	Penang (Hokkien)	鴉片
	Singapore (Hokkien)	烏塗, 薰塗
	Manila (Hokkien)	烏薰, 鴉片
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鴉片煙
Wu	Shanghai	鴉片, 阿芙蓉, 黑佬
	Shanghai (Chongming)	大煙
	Suzhou	鴉片煙
	Wenzhou	烏煙