藥丸

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See also: 药丸

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	pill
trad. (藥丸)		藥	丸
simp. (药丸)		药	丸
alternative forms		💊 slang & humorous
anagram		丸藥／丸药

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàowán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ jyun^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-oân / io̍h-îⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàowán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàowán
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-wan²
  - Yale: yàu-wán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawwan
  - Palladius: яовань (jaovanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàowánr
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄢˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàowánr
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-wan²-ʼrh
  - Yale: yàu-wánr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawwal
  - Palladius: яованьр (jaovanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ wɑɻ³⁵/

Note: yàowánr - noun.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ jyun^4-2
  - Yale: yeuhk yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ jyn^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ yun^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-oân
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-uân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiq'oaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-îⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-înn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiq'vii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² ĩ²⁴/

Noun

藥丸

pill; tablet (small, usually medicinal object for swallowing) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒)

Synonyms

藥片／药片 (yàopiàn)
(Hokkien) 藥餅／药饼

Verb

藥丸

(neologism, humorous, Internet slang) Alternative form of 要完 (yào wán, “to be done for; to be going to be done for; to be doomed”)

Derived terms

吃棗藥丸／吃枣药丸 (chīzǎoyàowán)

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