毒藥

See also: 毒药 and 毒薬

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (毒藥)		毒	藥
simp. (毒药)		毒	药

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ joek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-yo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-io̍h / ta̍k-io̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúyào
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-yao⁴
    • Yale: dú-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuyaw
    • Palladius: дуяо (dujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: duhk yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ i̯ok̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug (r)iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ (j)i̯ok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dog'ioih
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² iɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² ioʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta̍k-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ta̍k-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dag'ioih
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tak̚²⁴⁻² ioʔ²⁴/

Noun

毒藥

1. poison
   • 2010, “毒藥”, 蕭進惠 (lyrics), 小葉 (music)‎^[1]performed by 蕭玉芬:

     明知愛情是毒藥　偏偏一嘴甲喝落　等到情火一直燒　找無止痛的解藥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     明知爱情是毒药　偏偏一嘴甲喝落　等到情火一直烧　找无止痛的解药 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h, tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe-bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I clearly knew love was a poison, but I still drank it in a gulp; later when the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, I could not find a painkilling antidote.

Synonyms

• (Xiang) 癆藥／痨药

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (毒藥):

• → Japanese: 毒薬(どくやく) (dokuyaku)
• → Korean: 독약(毒藥) (dogyak)
• → Vietnamese: độc dược (毒藥)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thāu-io̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thāu-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thāu-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tauxioih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau²²⁻²¹ ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²²⁻²¹ ioʔ⁴/

Noun

毒藥

1. poison mixed with food (for killing animals)