可卡因

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (可卡因)		可	卡	因

Etymology

Borrowed from English cocaine.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěkǎyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho² kaa¹ jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěkǎyīn [Phonetic: kékǎyīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄚˇ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěkǎyin
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kʻa³-yin¹
    • Yale: kě-kǎ-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekaain
    • Palladius: кэкаинь (kɛkainʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² kaa¹ jan¹
    • Yale: hó kā yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² kaa¹ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² ka¹ yen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

可卡因

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) cocaine

   可卡因中毒  ―  kěkǎyīn zhòngdú  ―  cocaine intoxication

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 可卡因 (“cocaine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		可卡因, 古柯鹼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	古柯鹼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	可卡因, 可樂, cocaine

Derived terms

• 霹靂可卡因／霹雳可卡因 (pīlì kěkǎyīn)