狂藥

Chinese

		conceited; mad	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (狂藥)		狂	藥
simp. (狂药)		狂	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuángyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuángyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuángyào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang²-yao⁴
    • Yale: kwáng-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwangyaw
    • Palladius: куанъяо (kuanʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwang yak

Rime
Character	狂	藥
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (107)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨王切	以灼切
Baxter	gjwang	yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐŋ/	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐŋ/	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɑŋ/	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guaŋ/	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiuaŋ/	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwaŋ/	/jĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/giwaŋ/	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuáng	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwong4	joek6

Noun

狂藥

1. (Classical) drug making people mad

   • 又合狂藥，令人服之，父子兄弟不相知識，唯以殺害為事。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     又合狂药，令人服之，父子兄弟不相知识，唯以杀害为事。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Yòu hé kuángyào, lìng rén fú zhī, fùzǐ xiōngdì bù xiàng zhīshí, wéi yǐ shāhài wéi shì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Classical) alcoholic drink
3. (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand) ecstasy; MDMA

Synonyms

• (MDMA):

• E仔 (ji¹ zai²) (Cantonese, slang)
• 快樂丸／快乐丸 (kuàilèwán) (Taiwan)
• 愛它死／爱它死 (àitāsǐ) (Singapore)
• 揈頭丸／揈头丸 (fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 搖頭丸／摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
• 瘋藥／疯药 (fēngyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
• 衣服 (yīfú) (Taiwan, slang)

 

References

• Chanicha Kidprasert (2016-03-21) 泰国华语与汉语普通话书面语差异研究 [The Difference of Writing Pattern between Thai “Huayu” and Mandarin] (PhD) (in Chinese), Harbin: Heilongjiang University