yào

Traditional: 藥

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药 (yào) is a Chinese word meaning “medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)”.

Meanings

  1. 1medicine
  2. 2drug
  3. 3substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
  5. 5to poison
Part of speech
noun

Related words

药leaf of the iris药物medicaments炸药explosive; blasting agent; dynamite药品medicaments毒药poison弹药ammunition药片a (medicine) pill or tablet止痛药painkiller安眠药sleeping pill火药gunpowder服药to take medicine药丸pill

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