愛睏藥仔

愛睏藥仔

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, pharmacology) sleeping pill; hypnotic

   • 我用指指比喙叫伊較細聲咧：「伊食愛睏藥仔較重眠，我倒久跤會捾水，坐咧順紲踢跤。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我用指指比喙叫伊较细声咧：「伊食爱困药仔较重眠，我倒久跤会捾水，坐咧顺绁踢跤。」 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林美麗, 院之囚，籠中鳥──觀察室五日

     Góa ēng kí-cháiⁿ pí chhùi kiò i khah sè-siaⁿ--leh: “I chia̍h ài-khùn-io̍h-á khah tāng-bîn, góa tó kú kha ē kōaⁿ-chúi, chē-teh sūn-sòa that kha.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I put my finger on my lips to ask them [the nurse] to speak more quietly: "He [my husband] took sleeping pills and needs to sleep a lot. If I lie down for too long, my legs swell up; when I sit, I can conveniently kick my legs.

   • 每一暗　喔每一暗　窒愛睏藥仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     每一暗　喔每一暗　窒爱困药仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2022, 亦辰兒 [Henry] (lyrics and music), 發發發大財, performed by 曾瑋中 [Kuljelje Salevelev]

     múi chi̍t àm, o͘h múi chi̍t àm, that ài-khùn-io̍h-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Every night, oh every night, I stuff myself with sleeping pills

• “Entry #9458”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.