吗啡

嗎啡

mǎfēi

noun #6,954

Meanings

1 morphine

Characters

question particle (phonetic here)

used in transliterations (as in 咖啡 coffee)

Examples

医生给病人注射了吗啡。

Yīshēng gěi bìngrén zhùshè le mǎfēi.

The doctor injected the patient with morphine.

吗啡是一种强效止痛药。

Mǎfēi shì yī zhǒng qiángxiào zhǐtòngyào.

Morphine is a powerful painkiller.

Tips

memory

吗啡 is a phonetic transliteration of 'morphine'. The characters 吗 (mǎ) and 啡 (fēi) are chosen purely for sound.

Stroke Order

吗 ma

啡 fēi