搽藥

Chinese

		apply (ointment, powder); smear; paint on	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (搽藥)		搽	藥
simp. (搽药)		搽	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháyào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-yao⁴
    • Yale: chá-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charyaw
    • Palladius: чаяо (čajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁴ joek⁶
    • Yale: chàh yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹ jœːk̚²/

Verb

搽⫽藥 (verb-object)

1. to apply ointment, lotion, etc.

Synonyms

• 上藥／上药 (shàngyào)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 糊藥／糊药, 抹藥／抹药