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海洛因

海洛因

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (海洛因)		海	洛	因

Noun

海洛因

heroin (powerful and addictive drug)

Synonyms

海洛英

Etymology

From English heroin.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hǎiluòyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² lok⁶ jan¹
Min Nan (POJ): hái-lo̍k-in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎiluòyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeluohin
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² lok⁶ jan¹
  - Yale: hói lohk yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² lok⁹ jan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lɔːk̚² jɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-lo̍k-in
  - Tâi-lô: hái-lo̍k-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haylog'yn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² in³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔk̚⁴⁻³² in⁴⁴/