鴉片生
Chinese
| opium; opium | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鴉片生) | 鴉片 | 生 | |
| simp. (鸦片生) | 鸦片 | 生 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a1 peng4 seng1
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: a1 peng4 seng1 [Phonetic: a2 eng1 seng1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a-pe̍ng-seng
- Sinological IPA (key): /a⁵³³⁻¹³ (pʰ-)ɛŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: a1 peng4 seng1 [Phonetic: a2 weng1 seng1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /a⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ (pʰ-)βɛŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ɬɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
Noun
鴉片生
- (Puxian Min) opium addict
- (Puxian Min, figuratively) someone who appears sickly and haggard
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鴉片鬼 (“opium addict”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴉片鬼 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 煙鬼 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大煙鬼兒, 煙鬼兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 煙鬼子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 道友 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洋煙鬼 dated |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洋煙鬼 |
| Xinzhou | 洋煙鬼 dated | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 |
| Quanzhou | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Zhangzhou | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 鴉片仙 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 |
| Xianyou | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴉片佬, 鴉片鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鴉片煙鬼 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 大煙鬼 | |
| Suzhou | 鴉片煙鬼 | |
| Danyang | 煙鬼 dated | |
| Hangzhou | 烏煙鬼兒, 鴉片鬼兒 | |
| Ningbo | 鴉片鬼 | |
| Wenzhou | 烏煙鬼 | |
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), “鸦片生”, 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 1.