Chinese symbol for “opium”
鸦片
yā piàn
Traditional: 鴉片
(loanword) opium
The closest CC-CEDICT match for opium is 鸦片 (yā piàn), defined as: (loanword) opium.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “opium”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鸦片.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涂鸦 (塗鴉) | tú yā | graffiti; scrawl |
| 乌鸦 (烏鴉) | wū yā | crow; raven |
| 鸦雀无声 (鴉雀無聲) | yā què wú shēng | lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard |
| 乌鸦嘴 (烏鴉嘴) | wū yā zuǐ | crow's beak; (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark |
| 渡鸦 (渡鴉) | dù yā | (bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax) |
| 照片 | zhào piàn | photograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú) |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
See also: Japanese symbol for “opium”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.