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药

yào

Traditional: 葯

leaf of the iris

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Meaning of 药 in English

yàoHSK 2nounSyllabus #468
  1. leaf of the iris
  2. medicine
  3. drug
  4. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  5. to poison
  6. variant of 藥|药[yao4]

Measure word: 种 · 服 · 味

Example sentences

  1. 这种药我吃了好多年了。
    zhè zhǒng yào wǒ chī le hǎo duō nián le。
    I've been taking this medication for many years.
    Tatoeba #10699403 by GlossaMatik · #10700632 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 他葫芦里不知卖的是什么药？
    tā hú lú lǐ bù zhī mài de shì shén me yào？
    I wonder what he's up to.
    Tatoeba #803569 by GlossaMatik · #803571 by FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 医生给他的病人开了一些药。
    yī shēng gěi tā de bìng rén kāi le yī xiē yào。
    The physician prescribed his patient some medicine.
    Tatoeba #8650501 by slo_oth · #27931 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 药

药店HSK 2药品HSK 5药物HSK 5中药HSK 5医药HSK 6草药HSK 7–9药材HSK 7–9药方HSK 7–9炸药HSK 7–9安眠药HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences