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

學 yī yào xué medical science
鎮定 zhèn dìng yào sedative drug
鎮痛 zhèn tòng yào analgesic
鎮靜 zhèn jìng yào sedative
kāi yào to prescribe medicine
阿仙 ā xiān yào gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
降血壓 jiàng xuè yā yào antihypertensive drug
靈丹妙 líng dān miào yào effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea; elixir
líng yào legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
非處方 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug
食品品監督局 shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū jú state food and drug administration (SDA)
食品品監督管理局 shí pǐn yào pǐn jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú (China) Food and Drug Administration
食物及品管理局 shí wù jí yào pǐn guǎn lǐ jú US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
高能烈性炸 gāo néng liè xìng zhà yào high explosive
má yào anesthetic
麻醉 má zuì yào anesthetic; narcotic; chloroform
麻醉品 má zuì yào pǐn narcotic
黃色炸 huáng sè zhà yào trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
shǔ yào rat poison