藥局

See also: 薬局 and 药局

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (藥局)		藥	局
simp. (药局)		药	局

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàojú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ guk^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-kio̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàojú
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàojyú
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-chü²
  - Yale: yàu-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawjyu
  - Palladius: яоцзюй (jaoczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: joek⁶ guk^6-2
  - Yale: yeuhk gúk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ guk^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ gug^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² kʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqkiok
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

藥局

(chiefly Taiwan) chemist (store); drugstore; pharmacy

Synonyms

藥坊 / 药坊 (Hakka)
藥店 / 药店 (yàodiàn)
藥房 / 药房 (yàofáng)

Dialectal synonyms of 藥店 (“pharmacy; drugstore; chemist”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		藥店, 藥房
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	藥局, 藥房, 藥妝店 Japanese
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	藥房
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	藥房, 藥鋪
Cantonese	Hong Kong	藥房 licensed, 藥行 unlicensed, 藥坊 unlicensed, 藥妝店 Japanese
Southern Min	Xiamen	藥房
	Tainan	藥局
	Penang (Hokkien)	藥房
	Singapore (Hokkien)	藥房
	Manila (Hokkien)	藥店, 藥房, 藥行, 參藥行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
藥	局
やく > やっ Jinmeiyō	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 藥局 – see the following entry.

【薬局やっきょく】

[noun] drugstore (no prescription required: over-the-counter medicines only)

[noun] pharmacy (prescription required)

(This term, 藥局, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
藥	局

Noun

藥局 • (yakguk) (hangeul 약국)

hanja form^? of 약국 (“pharmacy, drugstore”)