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yào

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yào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yào | yao4
English translation
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

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About yào

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

yào

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of yào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹樂

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with yào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yào drug 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

yào Decomposition & Compounds

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