海洛因

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (海洛因)		海	洛	因

Etymology

Borrowed from English heroin.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎiluòyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² lok⁶ jan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-lo̍k-in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎiluòyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎiluòyin
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-lo⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: hǎi-lwò-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeluohin
    • Palladius: хайлоинь (xajloinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² lok⁶ jan¹
    • Yale: hói lohk yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² lok⁹ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² log⁶ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lɔːk̚² jɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-lo̍k-in
    • Tâi-lô: hái-lo̍k-in
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haylog'yn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² in⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² in⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 海洛因

1. heroin (powerful and addictive drug)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 海洛因 (“heroin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海洛因, 海洛英
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	白麵兒, 老海 dated
	Taiwan	海洛因, 白粉
	Singapore	白粉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	白麵兒, 老海
	Xi'an	白麵兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	白麵兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	白粉
	Reshuitang (Longling)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	白粉, 粉藥
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	白粉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	白麵子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	白粉
	Hong Kong	海洛英, 白粉, 粉, 灰, 四仔
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	白粉
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	白粉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	白粉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	海洛英
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	白粉
	Móng Cái	白粉
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	白粉
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	海洛因
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	海洛因
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	海洛因
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	海洛因
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	海洛因
	Senai (Huiyang)	白粉
Jin	Taiyuan	料子
	Xinzhou	料子
Southern Min	Xiamen	海洛因
	Singapore (Hokkien)	白粉
	Chaozhou	白粉
	Shantou	白粉
	Jieyang	白粉
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	白粉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	下洛因
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	白粉
Wu	Danyang	白粉, 白麵
	Wenzhou	白粉

Derived terms

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