药 yào

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

藥 yào

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹约

Semantic compound

艹 cǎo

Phonetic compound

约 yāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 cǎo represents the meaning and 约 yāo represents the sound. Simplified form of 藥 yào .

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 药 yào in different contexts.

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医生 yīshēng 给 gěi 了 le 她 tā 一些 yī xiē 止 zhǐ 疼 téng 药 yào 片 piān .

The doctor has given her some tablets to take away the pain.

闻 Wén 一下 yīxià 这种 zhè zhǒng 药 yào ——它 tā 有 yǒu 一种 yī zhǒng 令 Líng 人 rén 作呕 zuò ǒu 的 de 味道 wèidao , 对 duì 吗 mǎ ?

Have a sniff of this medicine — It'smells revolting, doesn't it?

药 yào 剂师仔细 zǐxì 地 de 配 pèi 好 hǎo 一 yī 服 fú 草药 cǎo yào ,并 bìng 告诉 gàosu 我 wǒ 煎 jiān 药 yào 的 de 方法 fāngfǎ .

The pharmacist carefully measured out a dose of herbal medicine and told me how to brew it.

这种 zhè zhǒng 药 yào 在 zài 几秒内 nèi 就 jiù 可以 kěyǐ 被 bèi 血液 xuè yè 吸收 xīshōu .

This medicine can be absorbed into the bloodstream in seconds.

医生 yīshēng 给 gěi 他 tā 开了个治 zhì 晕船 yùn chuán 的 de 药方 yào fāng .

The physician made a prescription against sea - sickness for him.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 药 yào in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
药 yào	drug	藥 yào
药物 yào wù	medicaments	藥物
药品 yào pǐn	medicaments	藥品
医药 yī yào	medical	醫藥
中药 Zhōng yào	(traditional) Chinese medicine	中藥
炸药 zhà yào	explosive (material)	炸藥
毒药 dú yào	poison	毒藥
弹药 dàn yào	ammunition	彈藥
药店 yào diàn	pharmacy	藥店
农药 nóng yào	farm chemical	農藥
服药 fú yào	to take medicine	服藥
制药 zhì yào	to manufacture medicine	制藥
药剂 yào jì	medicine	藥劑
药片 yào piàn	a (medicine) pill or tablet	藥片
火药 huǒyào	gunpowder	火藥
安眠药 ān mián yào	sleeping pill	安眠藥
止痛药 zhǐ tòng yào	painkiller	止痛藥
药房 yào fáng	pharmacy	藥房
药丸 yào wán	pill	藥丸
吃药 chī yào	to take medicine	吃藥
药材 yào cái	medicinal ingredient	藥材
草药 cǎo yào	herbal medicine	草藥
避孕药 bì yùn yào	oral contraceptive	避孕藥
药水 Yào shuǐ	lotion	藥水
迷幻药 mí huàn yào	hallucinogen	迷幻藥