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

• 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
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)