炮製

See also: 炮制

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	manufacture
trad. (炮製)		炮	製
simp. (炮制)		炮	制
alternative forms		炮炙 泡製／泡制

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páozhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau³ zai³, paau⁴ zai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phâu-chè / phàu-chè / phâu-chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páozhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páojhìh
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²-chih⁴
    • Yale: páu-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurjyh
    • Palladius: паочжи (paočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: paau³ zai³, paau⁴ zai³
    • Yale: paau jai, pàauh jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau³ dzai³, paau⁴ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao³ zei³, pao⁴ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³³/, /pʰaːu̯²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 泡製／泡制 炮製／炮制

Note: paau3 zai3 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâu-chè
    • Tâi-lô: phâu-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phauzex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau²⁴⁻²² t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu-chè
    • Tâi-lô: phàu-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaozex
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâu-chì
    • Tâi-lô: phâu-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaucix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau¹³⁻²² t͡si²¹/

Verb

炮製

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) to concoct medicine using heat; to prepare (medicine)
2. (figurative, derogatory) to concoct; to cook up
3. (Cantonese, colloquial) to discipline (someone); to give (someone) a lesson; to punish

Derived terms

• 如法炮製／如法炮制 (rúfǎpáozhì)