yào

leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

HSK 2 #662

DEFINITIONS

药 yào
  • leaf of the iris
  • variant of 藥|药[yao4]
  • medicine
  • drug
  • substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  • CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
  • to poison

STROKES

WORDS

专利品 zhuān lì yào pǐn patent drugs
对症发 duì zhèng fā yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps
蛋 shān yao dàn (dialect) potato; rube; yokel
广州中医大学 guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
广东学院 guǎng dōng yào xué yuàn Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
补给站 dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn ammunition depot
抗忧郁 kàng yōu yù yào antidepressant
抗抑郁 kàng yì yù yào antidepressant
抗病毒 kàng bìng dú yào antivirals
抗组胺 kàng zǔ àn yào antihistamine
抗菌 kàng jūn yào antibacterial
kàng yào drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
能力 kàng yào néng lì drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
拟阿拖品物 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù atropinemimetic drug
敷汤 fū tāng yào (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
三分毒 shì yào sān fēn dú every medicine has its side effect
瘾者 yǒu yào yǐn zhě addict
过量 fú yào guò liàng overdose of drugs
mò yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha); also written 沒藥|没药
李百 lǐ bǎi yào Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
签 mián yào qiān medical swab
杀蠹 shā dù yào mothicide
杀鼠 shā shǔ yào rat poison
mò yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
消炎 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine