薰塗

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Chinese

		Dipteryx odorata	to smear; daub
trad. (薰塗)		薰	塗
simp. (薰涂)		薰	涂

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hun-thô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): hung¹ tou⁵

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hun-thô͘
  - Tâi-lô: hun-thôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huntoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hun³³ tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun⁴⁴⁻²² tʰɔ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hung¹ tou⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hung thôu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huŋ³³⁻²³ tʰou⁵⁵/

Note: Jieyang.

Noun

薰塗

(Mainland China Hokkien, Teochew) crude or raw opium
(Singapore Hokkien) opium (in general)

Synonyms

(crude opium): 煙土／烟土 (yāntǔ); (Hokkien) 大塗／大涂
(opium): 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn), 阿片 (āpiàn); (dated) 阿芙蓉 (āfúróng); (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ); (Jin) 洋煙／洋烟; (Hokkien) 烏薰／乌薰, 烏塗／乌涂

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