藥頭

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (藥頭)		藥	頭
simp. (药头)		药	头

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàotóu
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: yàu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtour
  - Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

藥頭

(literary) drug; medicine; medication
(literary) gunpowder

Synonyms

(drug): 藥物／药物 (yàowù), 藥品／药品 (yàopǐn)
(gunpowder): 火藥／火药 (huǒyào), 槍藥／枪药 (qiāngyào); (Hakka, Teochew) 銃藥／铳药

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàotóu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo⁷ tao²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàotóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàotóu
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tʻou²
  - Yale: yàu-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtour
  - Palladius: яотоу (jaotou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo⁷ tao² [Phonetic: ieo⁵ lao²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̤u̍h-táu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³⁻¹¹ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo⁷ tao² [Phonetic: ieo⁵ lao²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²⁴⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)lau²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqtaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰau²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/

Noun

藥頭

(Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin) drug dealer
(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) herbal soup made from the first decoction of traditional Chinese medicine
(Puxian Min, traditional Chinese medicine) conductor (ingredient added to enhance the effectiveness of the medicine)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) root of herbal medicine
(Taiwanese Hokkien, by extension) traditional Chinese medicinal materials (for preserving health)

Synonyms

(drug dealer): 毒販／毒贩 (dúfàn), 毒販子／毒贩子 (dúfànzi), 毒品販子／毒品贩子 (dúpǐn fànzi)
(herbal soup): (Hokkien) 藥頭仔／药头仔
(conductor):

Dialectal synonyms of 藥引子 (“conductor (ingredient added to enhance the effectiveness of the medicine)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		藥引子, 引子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藥引子
	Chengde	藥引子
	Chifeng	藥引子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	藥引子
	Heihe	藥引子, 引子
	Qiqihar	藥引子
	Harbin	藥引子
	Jiamusi	藥引子, 引子
	Baicheng	藥引子
	Changchun	藥引子
	Tonghua	藥引子
	Shenyang	藥引子, 引子
	Jinzhou	藥引子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	藥引子
	Tangshan	藥引子
	Cangzhou	藥引子
	Baoding	藥引子, 引子
	Shijiazhuang	引子
	Lijin	藥引子
	Jinan	藥引子, 引子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	藥引子
	Dandong	藥引子, 引子
	Yantai	藥引子
	Qingdao	藥引子
	Zhucheng	藥引子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	藥引子
	Lingbao	藥引子
	Jining	藥引子
	Wanrong	藥引子
	Linfen	藥引子
	Shangqiu	藥引子, 引子
	Yuanyang	藥引
	Zhengzhou	藥引
	Xinyang	藥引子
	Baihe	藥引子, 引子
	Xi'an	藥引子
	Baoji	藥引子, 引子
	Tianshui	藥引子, 引子
	Xining	藥引子, 引子
	Xuzhou	藥引子
	Fuyang	藥引子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	藥引子
	Lanzhou	藥引子, 引子
	Dunhuang	藥引子, 引子
	Hami	藥引子
	Ürümqi	藥引子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	藥引子, 引子
	Nanchong	藥引子, 引子
	Dazhou	藥引子
	Hanyuan	藥引子, 引子
	Xichang	藥引子
	Zigong	藥引子, 引子
	Chongqing	藥引子, 引子
	Wuhan	藥引子, 引子
	Yichang	藥引子
	Xiangyang	藥引子
	Tianmen	藥引子
	Guiyang	藥引子, 藥引
	Zunyi	藥引子
	Bijie	藥引子
	Liping	藥引子
	Zhaotong	藥引子
	Dali	藥引子
	Kunming	藥引子
	Mengzi	藥引子
	Guilin	藥引子
	Liuzhou	藥引子, 藥引, 引子
	Jishou	藥引子
	Changde	藥引子
	Hanzhong	藥引子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	藥引子
	Yangzhou	藥引子
	Lianyungang	藥引子, 藥引
	Lianshui	藥引子, 引子
	Nantong	藥引子
	Anqing	藥引子
	Wuhu	藥引子
	Hefei	藥引子
	Hong'an	藥引子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	藥引
	Hong Kong	藥引
	Dongguan	藥引
Gan	Nanchang	藥引子
	Lichuan	引子
	Pingxiang	藥引子, 引子
Hakka	Yudu	引子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	藥引仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	藥引
Huizhou	Jixi	藥引
Huizhou	Shexian	藥引
Jin	Taiyuan	藥引子
	Yangyuan	藥引子, 引子
	Datong	藥引子, 引子
	Xinzhou	藥引子, 引子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	引子
	Changzhi	藥引子, 引子
	Linhe	藥引子, 引子
	Jining	藥引子
	Hohhot	藥引子
	Erenhot	藥引子
	Pingshan	引子
	Zhangjiakou	藥引子
	Handan	藥引子
	Linzhou	藥引哦
	Suide	藥引子, 引子
Southern Min	Xiamen	藥引
	Quanzhou	藥引
	Zhangzhou	藥引
	Tainan	藥引
	Jieyang	藥甲
Puxian Min	Putian	藥頭
Puxian Min	Xianyou	藥頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	藥引
Wu	Shanghai	藥引子
	Suzhou	藥引
	Danyang	藥引子
	Hangzhou	藥引子
	Ningbo	引子
	Jinhua	藥引
Xiang	Changsha	藥引子
Xiang	Loudi	藥引子

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “藥頭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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), “药头”, 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 301.