下藥

See also: 下药

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (下藥)		下	藥
simp. (下药)		下	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàyào
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: syà-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahyaw
    • Palladius: сяяо (sjajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: hah yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² jœːk̚²/

Verb

下⫽藥 (verb-object)

1. to prescribe medications
2. (informal) to drug (someone); to give someone drugs without their consent; to put in poison

Synonyms

• (to prescribe medications): 開藥／开药 (kāiyào), 開方／开方 (kāifāng); (Hokkien) 落藥／落药
• (to drug someone): (Cantonese) 落藥／落药

Derived terms

• 對症下藥／对症下药 (duìzhèngxiàyào)