沒藥

See also: 没薬

Chinese

		phonetic	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (沒藥)		沒	藥
simp. (没药)		没	药
alternative forms		末藥／末药

Etymology

Transcription of Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”) or Persian مر (morr, “myrrh”) + native 藥 (“medicine”) (Laufer, 1967).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ joek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mu̍t-yo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bu̍t-io̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòyào
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: mwò-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohyaw
    • Palladius: мояо (mojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: muht yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mu̍t-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: mud iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mud⁶ yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mut̚⁵ i̯ok̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mu̍t-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: mud (r)iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mud⁶ yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mut̚⁵ (j)i̯ok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bu̍t-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bu̍t-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bud'ioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /but̚⁴⁻³² ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /but̚²⁴⁻² ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /but̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /but̚⁴⁻³² ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /but̚⁴⁻³² iɤʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mwot yak

Rime
Character	沒	藥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	沒 (56)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫勃切	以灼切
Baxter	mwot	yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muət̚/	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/muot̚/	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/muət̚/	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwət̚/	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/muət̚/	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/muət̚/	/jĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/muət̚/	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mut6	joek6

Noun

沒藥

1. myrrh

Descendants

• → Thai: มดยอบ (mót-yɔ̂ɔp)