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

抗組胺 kàng zǔ àn yào antihistamine
抗菌 kàng jūn yào antibacterial
kàng yào drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
性 kàng yào xìng drug resistance (medicine)
能力 kàng yào néng lì drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
換湯不換 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only; a change in form but not in substance
擬阿拖品物 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù atropinemimetic drug
敷湯 fū tāng yào (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
chūn yào aphrodisiac
三分毒 shì yào sān fēn dú every medicine has its side effect
癮者 yǒu yào yǐn zhě addict
fú yào to take medicine
過量 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
籤 mián yào qiān medical swab
止痛 zhǐ tòng yào painkiller; analgesic; anodyne
殺蟲 shā chóng yào insecticide
殺蠹 shā dù yào mothicide
殺鼠 shā shǔ yào rat poison
dú yào poison
mò yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
消炎 xiāo yán yào anti-inflammatory medicine
tāng yào tisane; decoction (Chinese medicine)
滅鼠 miè shǔ yào rat poison