靈丹妙藥

Chinese

		panacea; efficacious elixir	efficacious medicine; wonder drug
trad. (靈丹妙藥)		靈丹	妙藥
simp. (灵丹妙药)		灵丹	妙药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língdānmiàoyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ daan¹ miu⁶ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: língdānmiàoyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: língdanmiàoyào
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-tan¹-miao⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: líng-dān-myàu-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingdanmiawyaw
    • Palladius: линданьмяояо (lindanʹmjaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ tän⁵⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ daan¹ miu⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: lìhng dāan miuh yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ daan¹ miu⁶ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ dan¹ miu⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ taːn⁵⁵ miːu̯²² jœːk̚²/

Idiom

靈丹妙藥

1. miracle cure; wonder pill; panacea

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 美國仙丹／美国仙丹