良藥

See also: 良药

Chinese

		good; very; very much	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (良藥)		良	藥
simp. (良药)		良	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ joek⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng-yo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng-io̍h / liông-io̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángyào
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-yao⁴
    • Yale: lyáng-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangyaw
    • Palladius: лянъяо (ljanʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángyàor
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyáng-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangyawl
    • Palladius: лянъяор (ljanʺjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ joek⁶
    • Yale: lèuhng yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ jœːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong² yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ i̯ok̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng-yo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ (r)iog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong² yog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹ (j)i̯ok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-io̍h / liông-io̍h
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-io̍h / liông-io̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liang'ioih, liong'ioih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² ioʔ²⁴/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ioʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² ioʔ¹²¹/, /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² ioʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/, /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ iɤʔ⁴/, /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ iɤʔ⁴/

Noun

良藥

1. effective medicine
2. (figurative) effective solution; good solution

Derived terms

• 良藥苦口／良药苦口 (liángyàokǔkǒu)
• 良藥苦口利於病／良药苦口利于病