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副作用

副作用

Chinese

		secondary; auxiliary; deputy secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; (measure word for a pair)	function; role; purpose
simp. and trad. (副作用)		副	作用

Noun

副作用

side effect

Japanese

Kanji in this term
副	作	用
ふく Grade: 4	さ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

副 ‎(“side”) +‎ 作用 ‎(“effect”)

Noun

副作用 ‎(hiragana ふくさよう, romaji fukusayō)

side effect

Related terms

後遺症 (こういしょう) ‎(kōishō): aftereffect

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fùzuòyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu³ zok³ jung⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hù-chok-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fùzuòyòng → fùzuòyong (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˋ → ㄈㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhtzuoh.yonq
  - IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/ → /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i̯ʊŋ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu³ zok³ jung⁶
  - Yale: fu jok yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu³ dzok⁸ jung⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³³ t͡sɔːk̚³ jʊŋ²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù-chok-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: hù-tsok-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huozok'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ³³/