yào

drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine

DEFINITIONS

藥 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

WORDS

吃錯 chī cuò yào (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine; (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal
單味 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb; drug made from a single substance
kè yào to take (illegal) drugs
hāi yào (slang) to take drugs; recreational drug
國家食品品監督管理局 guó jiā shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)
zuò yào suppository
塑膠炸 sù jiāo zhà yào plastic explosive
孤兒 gū ér yào orphan drug
安眠 ān mián yào sleeping pill; CL:粒[li4]
專利品 zhuān lì yào pǐn patent drugs
對症下 duì zhèng xià 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
對症發 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
shān yao Dioscorea polystachya; yam
蛋 shān yao dàn (dialect) potato; rube; yokel
廣州中醫大學 guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
廣東學院 guǎng dōng yào xué yuàn Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
dàn yào ammunition
庫 dàn yào kù ammunition dump
補給站 dàn yào bǔ jǐ zhàn ammunition depot
感冒 gǎn mào yào medicine for colds
chéng yào patent medicine; medicine already made up
zhuā yào to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
抗憂鬱 kàng yōu yù yào antidepressant
抗抑鬱 kàng yì yù yào antidepressant
抗病毒 kàng bìng dú yào antivirals