E仔

Chinese

			diminutive suffix
simp. and trad. (E仔)		E	仔

Etymology

From English E, the abbreviation of ecstasy + 仔 (zai2, “diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ zai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ zai²
    • Yale: yī jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/

Noun

E仔

1. (Cantonese, slang) ecstasy (drug)

Synonyms

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• 快樂丸／快乐丸 (kuàilèwán) (Taiwan)
• 愛它死／爱它死 (àitāsǐ) (Singapore)
• 揈頭丸／揈头丸 (fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 搖頭丸／摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
• 狂藥／狂药 (kuángyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
• 瘋藥／疯药 (fēngyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
• 衣服 (yīfú) (Taiwan, slang)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 搖頭丸 (“ecstasy; MDMA”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搖頭丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搖頭丸, 快樂丸, 衣服, 綠蝴蝶, 狂喜, 亞當, 忘我
	Singapore	愛它死
Cantonese	Hong Kong	揈頭丸, E仔
Southern Min	Taipei	搖頭丸 GT, 衫 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)