阿片

阿片

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿片)		阿	片
simp. #(阿片)		阿	片

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āpiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āpiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: apiàn
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-pʻien⁴
    • Yale: ā-pyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: apiann
    • Palladius: апянь (apjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ pʰjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ pin³
    • Yale: a pin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ pin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ pin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ 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

1. opium

Synonyms

• 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn)
• (archaic) 白土 (báitǔ)
• (dated) 阿芙蓉 (āfúróng)
• (Jin) 洋煙／洋烟
• (Min Nan) 烏薰／乌薰

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Japanese

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

Alternative spellings
鴉片 あへん アヘン

Etymology

From Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn), in turn probably from English opium.[1]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) あへん [àhéń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• (Tokyo) あ​へん [áꜜhèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠hẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

阿(あ)片(へん) • (ahen) 

1. 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…
     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…

     Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
     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…

     Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
     It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 阿片(あへん)窟(くつ) (ahen-kutsu)
• 阿片(あへん)戦争(せんそう) (Ahen Sensō)
• 阿片(あへん)タバコ (ahen tabako)
• 阿片(あへん)中毒(ちゅうどく) (ahen chūdoku)
• 阿片(あへん)法(ほう) (ahen-hō)

See also

• 芥子(ケシ), 罌粟(ケシ) (keshi, “opium poppy”)

References

1. “阿片”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
   
   〈英〉opiumの中国の音訳から

   From the Chinese transliteration of (Engl.) opium

2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
阿	片

Noun

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

1. Hanja form^? of 아편 (“opium”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
阿	片

Noun

阿片

1. chữ Hán form of a phiến (“opium”).