吃藥

See also: 吃药

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (吃藥/喫藥)		吃/喫	藥
simp. (吃药)		吃	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hek³ joek⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiak¹ yiak⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihyào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-yao⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyaw
    • Palladius: чияо (čijao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihyàor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chr̄-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyawl
    • Palladius: чияор (čijaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ joek⁶
    • Yale: hek yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ jœːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiak¹ yiak⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiak̚³³ jiak̚²¹/

Verb

吃⫽藥 (verb-object)

1. to take medicine
2. (slang) to take illicit drugs

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 服藥 (“to take medication”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		服藥
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吃藥
	Singapore	吃藥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	吃藥
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	吃藥
	Xining	吃藥
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	吃藥, 喝藥
	Ürümqi	吃藥
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吃藥
	Guiyang	吃藥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	食藥
	Hong Kong	食藥
	Taishan	吃藥
	Dongguan	食藥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	食藥
Gan	Lichuan	吃藥
	Pingxiang	吃藥
Hakka	Meixian	食藥
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	食藥仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	食藥仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	食藥仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	食藥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	食藥仔, 食藥
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	食藥
Huizhou	Jixi	吃藥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	食藥
Southern Min	Xiamen	食藥, 服藥
	Quanzhou	食藥
	Zhangzhou	食藥, 服藥
	Tainan	食藥仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	食藥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食藥
	Manila (Hokkien)	食藥
	Shantou	食藥
	Shantou (Chenghai)	食藥
	Jieyang	食藥
	Singapore (Teochew)	食藥
	Leizhou	食藥
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	吃藥
Wu	Shanghai	吃藥
Xiang	Changsha	吃藥