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yào



药
medicine


Definitions

Chinese > English
     1. Simplified form of 藥
     2. Simplified form of 葯
     3. usage. In mainland China, 藥, rather than 葯 is listed officially as the traditional form of
yào, yuè
     1. Angelica dahurica
     2. orris root
     3. leaf of the iris
     4. leaf of the Angelica dahurica
     5. Variant of 藥
     6. usage. In modern Taiwan, is still considered a Variant Chinese character (異體字) of 藥.
     7. usage. In mainland China, 藥, rather than is listed officially as the traditional form of 药.
yào
     1. medicine; drug; pharmaceutical
           吃藥 - to take medicine; (q, slang to take illicit drugs)
           同樣 的 藥 為什麼 價格 相xiāng差chà 很 多? - Why do prices for the same medicine differ so much?
     2. substance used for a particular purpose (e.g. poisoning, fermenting, explosion)
           下藥 - to poison
     3. (zh-abbrev, 芍藥)
     4. to treat; to cure
     5. to poison
     6. (zh-only, 灼藥)
     7. (zh-only, 勺藥)
     8. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)
Chinese > Chinese
     1. (正字;葯)
English > Chinese
medicine
     1. 治療
     2. 藥物
     3. 醫學
     4. 內科
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