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捹頭丸

fing6 tau4 jyun2

ben4 tou2 wan2

common name for MDMA (亞甲二氧基甲基安非他明) — type of amphetamine, also known as ecstasy, common cantonese names are 捹頭丸, E-仔, 忘我, 亞當, 狂喜. The name 捹頭丸 literally means "pill that makes you fling your head about"

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 1,270

捹頭丸 / 捹头丸

捹 - (not in database)
頭 tau4 tau4*2 tou2 {tou5} - head
丸 jyun4 jyun2 wan2 - pellet, pill; egg

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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