阿片

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿片)		阿	片

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āpiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄆㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ pin³
Min Nan (POJ): a-phiàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āpiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄆㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: apiann
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ pin³
  - Yale: a pin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ pin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ pin³
  - IPA ^(key): /äː³³ pʰiːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-phiàn
  - Tâi-lô: a-phiàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aphiexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ pʰiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɛn²¹/

Noun

阿片

opium

Synonyms

鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn)
(archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)
(Min Nan) 烏薰／乌薰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿	片
あ Jinmeiyō	へん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative forms

鴉片

Etymology

From Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) あへん [àhéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) あへん [áꜜhèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [a̠hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

阿片 (hiragana あへん, katakana アヘン, rōmaji ahen)

opium
Synonym: オピウム (opiumu)
- 2006 July 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “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—], volume 2 (fiction), kanzenban edition, 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…
  Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
  Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
- 2006 July 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “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—], volume 2 (fiction), kanzenban edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 134:
  
  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…
  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…
  It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

Derived terms

阿 (あ)片 (へん)窟 (くつ) (ahen-kutsu)
阿 (あ)片 (へん)戦 (せん)争 (そう) (Ahen Sensō)
阿 (あ)片 (へん)タバコ (ahen tabako)
阿 (あ)片 (へん)中毒 (ちゅうどく) (ahen chūdoku)
阿 (あ)片 (へん)法 (ほう) (ahen-hō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿	片

Noun

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

Hanja form^? of 아편 (“opium”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
阿	片

Noun

阿片

Hán tự form of a phiến (“opium”).

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

阿片

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