Character data

RADICAL ⾋ (140.15)

STROKES 18

SIMPLIFIED 药

藥 yào

medicine; drug

藥 yào

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

Word	Meaning
下藥 xià yào	to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc); to poison
不可救藥 bù kě jiù yào	hopeless; incorrigible; incurable
中成藥 zhōng chéng yào	prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
中草藥 zhōng cǎo yào	Chinese herbal medicine
中藥 zhōng yào	(traditional) Chinese medicine
交叉耐藥性 jiāo chā nài yào xìng	cross-tolerance
仙藥 xiān yào	panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
令藥 lìng yào	seasonal medication
以藥養醫 yǐ yào yǎng yī	relying on drug sales to fund doctors
侷麻藥 jú má yào	local anesthetic
假藥 jiǎ yào	fake drugs
催眠藥 cuī mián yào	soporific drug
傳統中國醫藥 chuán tǒng zhōng guó yī yào	Chinese traditional medicine
傳統醫藥 chuán tǒng yī yào	Chinese traditional medicine
入藥 rù yào	to use in medicine
八寶眼藥 bā bǎo yǎn yào	eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
制藥 zhì yào	to manufacture medicine
制藥業 zhì yào yè	pharmaceutical industry
化學彈藥 huà xué dàn yào	chemical ammunition
北京中醫藥大學 běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué	Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
原子爆破彈藥 yuán zǐ bào pò dàn yào	atomic demolition munition
司藥 sī yào	pharmacist
吃後悔藥 chī hòu huǐ yào	(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
吃槍藥 chī qiāng yào	(fig.) to be ablaze with anger; snappy; ornery
吃藥 chī yào	to take medicine

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