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药
藥
yào
1.
medicine
2.
drug
3.
substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
4.
CL:[[種|种<zhǒng>]], [[服<fù>]], [[味<wèi>]]
5.
to poison
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
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)
Example Sentences (3)
我听一位医生说过一句话："最好的医生是自己，最好的药是时间，最好的运动是散步。"
Wǒ tīng yí wèi yīshēng shuō guò yí jù huà: "Zuì hǎo de yīshēng shì zìjǐ, zuì hǎo de yào shì shíjiān, zuì hǎo de yùndòng shì sànbù."
I once heard a doctor say: "The best doctor is yourself, the best medicine is time, the best exercise is walking."
Text 5
最早的时候，茶只是被当作一种药，而不是饮料。
Zuìzǎo de shíhòu, chá zhǐshì bèi dāngzuò yízhǒng yào, ér búshì yǐnliào.
In the earliest times, tea was only regarded as a kind of medicine, not a beverage.
Text 5
好的，吃一点儿药，今天休息半天吧。
Hǎo de, chī yìdiǎnr yào, jīntiān xiūxi bàntiān ba.
Okay, take a little medicine, rest for half a day today.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 661
- Word Frequency Rank
- 579 of 84,292