補藥

See also: 补药

Chinese

		to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (補藥)		補	藥
simp. (补药)		补	药
anagram		藥補／药补

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǔyào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² joek⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pó͘-io̍h / pú-giǒ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǔyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǔyào
  - Wade–Giles: pu³-yao⁴
  - Yale: bǔ-yàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buuyaw
  - Palladius: буяо (bujao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou² joek⁶
  - Yale: bóu yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou² joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou² yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ jœːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘-io̍h
  - Tâi-lô: póo-io̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pofioih
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ioʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ioʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pú-giǒ
  - Tâi-lô: pú-giǒ
  - IPA (Longyan): /pu²¹ ɡio⁵³/

Noun

補藥

tonic (substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate)

Synonyms

補劑 / 补剂 (bǔjì)
補品 / 补品 (bǔpǐn)
補物 / 补物 (Hokkien)

References

郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “补药”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 62.