阿片

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (阿片) 阿 片
simp. #(阿片) 阿 片

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), probably via English opium.

Pronunciation

Noun

阿片

  1. opium

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鴉片 (“opium”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 阿芙蓉
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鴉片, 阿片
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 鴉片
Singapore 鴉片
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 大煙
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大煙
Wanrong 洋煙
Xi'an 大煙
Xining 鴉片煙, 洋煙
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大煙, 洋煙
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 鴉片煙
Guiyang 鴉片煙, 大煙
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 大煙
Cantonese Guangzhou 大煙, 福壽膏, 黑米
Hong Kong 鴉片, 大煙, 福壽膏
Gan Nanchang 鴉片煙
Pengze 鴉片
Hakka Xingning 土哩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鴉片, 鴉片煙
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鴉片, 鴉片煙
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鴉片, 鴉片煙
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鴉片, 鴉片煙
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鴉片, 鴉片薰
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鴉片, 鴉片薰
Huizhou Jixi 烏煙
Jin Taiyuan 洋煙
Xinzhou 洋煙
Northern Min Jian'ou 鴉片, 鴉片泥
Southern Min Xiamen 烏薰
Quanzhou 烏薰
Jinjiang 烏薰
Zhangzhou 烏薰
Tainan 鴉片
Penang (Hokkien) 鴉片
Singapore (Hokkien) 烏塗, 薰塗
Manila (Hokkien) 烏薰, 鴉片
Puxian Min Putian 鴉片
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 烏薰
Xianyou 鴉片
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鴉片煙
Wu Shanghai 鴉片, 阿芙蓉, 黑佬
Shanghai (Chongming) 大煙
Suzhou 鴉片煙
Wenzhou 烏煙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿 片
あ
Jinmeiyō 		へん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
鴉片
あへん
アヘン

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn), probably via English opium.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

阿(あ)片(へん) or 阿片(アヘン) • (ahen) 

  1. opium
    Synonym: オピウム (opiumu)
    • 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)十五幕(まく)　「逃(とう)走(そう)麗(れい)女(じょ)」 [Act 15: “Escaped Beauty”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], kanzenban edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 134:
      阿(ア)片(ヘン)です　誤(あやま)って大(たい)量(りょう)の阿(ア)片(ヘン)を一度(ど)に吸(す)って…
      しかし妙(みょう)でござるな　阿(ア)片(ヘン)といえばかなり高(こう)価(か)な薬(くすり)　一(いっ)般(ぱん)人(じん)がそんな大(たい)量(りょう)に買(か)い込(こ)める代(しろ)物(もの)ではないはずだが…
      Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
      Shikashi myō de gozaru na Ahen to ieba kanari kōka na kusuri Ippanjin ga sonna tairyō ni kaikomeru shiromono de wa nai hazu da ga…
      Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
      It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

Derived terms

  • 阿片(あへん)窟(くつ) (ahen-kutsu)
  • 阿片(あへん)戦争(せんそう) (Ahen Sensō)
  • 阿片(あへん)タバコ (ahen tabako)
  • 阿片(あへん)中毒(ちゅうどく) (ahen chūdoku)
  • 阿片(あへん)法(ほう) (ahen-hō)

See also

References

  1. ^ “阿片”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
    〈英〉opiumの中国の音訳から
    From the Chinese transliteration of (Engl.) opium
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿片

Noun

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

  1. hanja form? of 아편 (“opium”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿片

Noun

阿片

  1. chữ Hán form of a phiến (“opium”)
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