揈頭丸

Chinese

		to shake one's head	pill
trad. (揈頭丸)		揈頭	丸
simp. (揈头丸)		揈头	丸
alternative forms		捹頭丸／捹头丸𢫕頭丸／𢫕头丸 fing頭丸／fing头丸
Literally: “head-shaking pill”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fing⁶ tau⁴ jyun^4-2
  - Yale: fihng tàuh yún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fing⁶ tau⁴ jyn^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: fing⁶ teo⁴ yun^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

揈頭丸

(Cantonese) ecstasy (drug)

Synonyms

E仔 (ji¹ zai²) (Cantonese, slang)
快樂丸 / 快乐丸 (kuàilèwán) (Taiwan)
愛它死 / 爱它死 (àitāsǐ) (Singapore)
搖頭丸 / 摇头丸 (yáotóuwán)
狂藥 / 狂药 (kuángyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
瘋藥 / 疯药 (fēngyào) (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand)
衣服 (yīfú) (Taiwan, slang)

Dialectal synonyms of 搖頭丸 (“ecstasy; MDMA”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搖頭丸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搖頭丸, 快樂丸, 衣服, 綠蝴蝶, 狂喜, 亞當, 忘我
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	愛它死
Cantonese	Hong Kong	揈頭丸, E仔
Southern Min	Taipei	搖頭丸 GT, 衫 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)