抹藥

Chinese

		girdle; brassiere; to plaster girdle; brassiere; to plaster; play; to smear	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (抹藥)		抹	藥
simp. (抹药)		抹	药

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua⁶ ieo⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): boah-io̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): bhuah⁴ ioh⁸

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bua⁶ ieo⁷ [Phonetic: bua¹ ieo⁷]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: buā-a̤u̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua¹¹⁻⁵⁵ ieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bua⁶ ieo⁷ [Phonetic: bua¹ ieo⁷]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua²¹⁻⁵⁵ ieu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boah-io̍h
  - Tâi-lô: buah-io̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boah'ioih
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bua(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ioʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bua(ʔ)⁵ ioʔ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bhuah⁴ ioh⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buah io̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaʔ²⁻⁴ ioʔ⁴/

Note: bhuah4 ioh8 - Chaoyang.

Verb

抹藥

(Hokkien, Teochew, Puxian Min) to apply ointment

Synonyms

上藥／上药 (shàngyào)
搽藥／搽药 (cháyào)
(Hokkien) 糊藥／糊药

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “抹药”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 62.