piàn

noun
archaic
variant

Meaning of 鸦片

鸦片 means opium; the dried latex of the opium poppy used as a narcotic drug. Pronounced yā piàn.

  • opium; the dried latex of the opium poppy used as a narcotic drug

Definitions & Examples

piàn
zuì
zǎo
shì
cóng
Yìn
chuán
Zhōng
guó
de
 

Opium was first introduced to China from India.

Qīng
cháo
nián
 
shí
piàn
bèi
míng
lìng
jìn
zhǐ
 

During the late Qing dynasty, smoking opium was explicitly banned.

piàn
zhàn
zhēng
shì
Zhōng
guó
jìn
dài
shǐ
de
kāi
duān
 

The Opium War marked the beginning of modern Chinese history.

Measure Words

/ xiāng
/ bāo
/ liǎng