鴉片仙
Chinese
| opium; opium | immortal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鴉片仙) | 鴉片 | 仙 | |
| simp. (鸦片仙) | 鸦片 | 仙 | |
| alternative forms | 阿片仙 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-phiàn-sian
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phiàn-sian
- Tâi-lô: a-phiàn-sian
- Phofsit Daibuun: aphiernsiefn
- Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siɛn³³/
- Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
鴉片仙
- (Hokkien) opium addict
- (Hokkien, figurative) someone who looks like a sick person (such as being thin and pallid facial features or is downcast)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鴉片鬼 (“opium addict”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴉片鬼, 煙鬼 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 煙鬼 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大煙鬼兒, 煙鬼兒 |
| Xuzhou | 煙槍 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 煙鬼子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 煙精, 煙鏟, 煙槓, 道友, 大粒煙 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洋煙鬼 dated |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴉片煙腳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洋煙鬼 |
| Xinzhou | 洋煙鬼 dated | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 |
| Quanzhou | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Zhangzhou | 烏薰仙, 烏薰鬼, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 | |
| Tainan | 鴉片仙, 鴉片猴 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 鴉片仙 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Shantou | 鴉片薰鬼 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 |
| Xianyou | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴉片佬, 鴉片鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鴉片煙鬼 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 大煙鬼 | |
| Suzhou | 鴉片煙鬼 | |
| Danyang | 煙鬼 dated | |
| Hangzhou | 烏煙鬼兒, 鴉片鬼兒 | |
| Ningbo | 鴉片鬼 | |
| Wenzhou | 烏煙鬼 | |