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

liáng yào good medicine; panacea; fig. a good solution; a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
sháo yào Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora); common herbaceous peony; peony used in TCM
huā yào anther (pollen sack on stamen)
cǎo yào herbal medicine
葫蘆裡賣的是什麼 hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?; what's going on?
mēng yào anesthetic; knockout drops
丸 yào wán pill; CL:粒[li4]
代動力學 yào dài dòng lì xué pharmacokinetics
典 yào diǎn pharmacopoeia
到病除 yào dào bìng chú lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective
劑 yào jì medicine; medicament; drug; chemical compound
劑士 yào jì shì druggist; pharmacist
劑師 yào jì shī drugstore; chemist; pharmacist
動學 yào dòng xué pharmacokinetics
品 yào pǐn medicaments; medicine; drug
商 yào shāng druggist
學 yào xué pharmacy
局 yào jú pharmacy; dispensary
師佛 yào shī fó Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
師如來 yào shī rú lái Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
師經 yào shī jīng Healing sutra; Bhaisajyaguru sutra
店 yào diàn pharmacy
房 yào fáng pharmacy; drugstore
方 yào fāng prescription