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药
葯
yào
1. leaf of the iris
2. variant of [[藥|药<yào>]]
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

药
yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
HSK 2 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

中药
Zhōngyào
(traditional) Chinese medicine
仙药
xiānyào
legendary magic potion of immortals
令药
lìngyào
seasonal medication
假药
jiǎyào
fake drugs
入药
rùyào
to use in medicine
制药
zhìyào
to manufacture medicine
吃药
chīyào
to take medicine
嗑药
kèyào
to take (illegal) drugs
嗨药
hāiyào
(slang) to take drugs
坐药
zuòyào
suppository
山药
shānyao
Dioscorea opposita
弹药
dànyào
ammunition
成药
chéngyào
patent medicine
抓药
zhuāyào
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
抗药
kàngyào
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
春药
chūnyào
aphrodisiac
服药
fúyào
to take medicine
末药
mòyào
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
毒药
dúyào
poison
没药
mòyào
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)

Alternate Entries

药
yào
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:[[種|种<zhǒng>]], [[服<fù>]], [[味<wèi>]] / to poison
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
661
Word Frequency Rank
579 of 84,292