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藥

yào

drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine

Strokes
19
Radical
艸
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 药

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 药, the simplified form of 藥. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我吃了药。

    Wǒ chī le yào

    I took the medicine.

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  • 他吃药。

    Tā chī yào

    He takes medicine.

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  • 这是个据药。

    Zhè shì gè jù yào

    This medicine has a strong effect.

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  • 这些是我吃的药。

    Zhè xiē shì wǒ chī de yào

    These are the medicines I use.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 药

  • 药yào 4medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison
  • 药店yào diàn 4–4 pharmacy
  • 药水yào shuǐ 4–3 medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine; lotion
  • 药片yào piàn 4–4 a (medicine) pill or tablet
  • 药物yào wù 4–4 medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug
  • 中药zhōng yào 1–4 traditional Chinese medicine
  • 药品yào pǐn 4–3 medicaments; medicine; drug
  • 医药yī yào 1–4 medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical
  • 炸药zhà yào 4–4 explosive (material)
  • 火药huǒ yào 3–4 gunpowder
  • 安眠药ān mián yào 1–2–4sleeping pill
  • 药方yào fāng 4–1 prescription