疫苗

Chinese

		epidemic; plague	sprout; seedling; descendant sprout; seedling; descendant; symptom of a trend; young; vaccine; Miao tribe
trad. (疫苗)		疫	苗
simp. #(疫苗)		疫	苗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìmiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik⁶ miu⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet⁵ miau³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t-mèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁶ miau²

• Eastern Min (BUC): ĭk-mièu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): e̍k-biâu / ia̍k-biâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸ miou⁵ / mog⁸ miao⁵ / êg⁸ miao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmiáo
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-miao²
    • Yale: yì-myáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmiau
    • Palladius: имяо (imjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìmiáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìmiáor
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-miao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yì-myáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihmiaul
    • Palladius: имяор (imjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ mi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ miu⁴
    • Yale: yihk mìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ miu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ miu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² miːu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yet⁵ miau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚³² ᵐbiau²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t-mèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: id meu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶ meu²
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵ meu̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t-mèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id meu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶ meu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵ meu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁶ miau²
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵ miau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ĭk-mièu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ⁵⁻³³ mieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k-biâu
    • Tâi-lô: i̍k-biâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: egbiaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ biau¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴⁻³² biau²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴⁻³² biau²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ek̚⁴³⁻²¹ biau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k-biâu
    • Tâi-lô: ia̍k-biâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iagbiaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴⁻² biau²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mog⁸ miou⁵ / mog⁸ miao⁵ / êg⁸ miao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k miôu / mo̍k miâu / e̍k miâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴⁻² miou⁵⁵/, /mok̚⁴⁻² miau⁵⁵/, /ek̚⁴⁻² miau⁵⁵/

Note:

• mog8 miou5 - Chaozhou;
• mog8 miao5 - Shantou;
• êg8 miao5 - nonstandard variant sometimes heard in overseas Teochew communities.

Noun

疫苗

1. vaccine; inoculation (Classifier: 劑／剂 m)

   問題疫苗／问题疫苗  ―  wèntí yìmiáo  ―  faulty vaccine

   候選疫苗／候选疫苗  ―  hòuxuǎn yìmiáo  ―  vaccine candidate

   接種疫苗／接种疫苗  ―  jiēzhòng yìmiáo  ―  vaccination

   打疫苗  ―  dǎ yìmiáo  ―  to get a vaccine; to be vaccinated

Derived terms

• 流感疫苗 (liúgǎn yìmiáo)
• 疫苗猶豫／疫苗犹豫 (yìmiáo yóuyù)
• 疫苗護照／疫苗护照 (yìmiáo hùzhào)

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: yizmyauz

See also

• 計劃免疫／计划免疫 (jìhuà miǎnyì)
• 活菌苗
• 菌苗 (jūnmiáo)
• 預防針／预防针 (yùfángzhēn)

References

• “Entry #51668”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.