yào

medicine; drug

HSK 2 #662

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 662nd character
Radical ⾋ (140.6)
Strokes 9
Index # 1423
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

药 yào
  1. 1. medicine
  2. 2. drug
  3. 3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. 4. to poison
  5. 5. variant of yào
  6. 6. leaf of the iris
  7. 7. CL zhǒng,,wèi

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Words containing 药

Word Meaning
medicine for colds
prescription
drugs test (e.g. on athletes)
to take medicine
(fig.) combative tone; belligerence; smell of gunpowder
laxative
medicine bottle
a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
aphrodisiac
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
medicinal use; pharmaceutical
medicinal herb
pesticide; agricultural chemical; farm chemical
fig. wonder solution to a problem; panacea
eye drops; eye ointment
sedative
herbal plaster applied to a wound
rat poison
yam; Dioscorea polystachya
ammunition dump
pharmacology
pharmacology
fake drugs
to take appropriate steps
magic cure; fix-all solution