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yào
medicine
#720
Chapter-37 HSK-A
9 strokes

Compositions

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)



yào
leaf of the iris/variant of 藥|药[yao4]



yào
medicine/drug/substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)/CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]/to poison

Phrases ending with the given character

zhōng
chéng
yào
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
zhōng
cǎo
yào
Chinese herbal medicine
yào
local anesthetic
cuī
mián
yào
soporific drug
chī
qiāng
yào
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder/(fig.) to be ablaze with anger/ornery/snappy
chī
cuò
yào
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine/(fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual/abnormal
dān
wèi
yào
medicine made from a single herb/drug made from a single substance
ér
yào
orphan drug
ān
mián
yào
sleeping pill/CL:粒[li4]
gǎn
mào
yào
medicine for colds
kàng
jūn
yào
antibacterial
tāng
yào
(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
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
zhǐ
tòng
yào
pain-killer/analgesic/anodyne
shā
chóng
yào
insecticide
shā
yào
mothicide
shā
shǔ
yào
rat poison
xiāo
yán
yào
antibiotic medicine
miè
shǔ
yào
rat poison
nóng
yào
without agricultural fertilizer (i.e. organic farming)
tán
yào
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
jiě
yào
an antidote
jiě
suān
yào
to relieve acidity/anti-acid
diē
yào
liniment
huàn
yào
hallucinogen/dimethyltryptamine (DMT)/psychedelic
退退tuì
shāo
yào
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
yùn
yào
oral contraceptive
zhèn
dìng
yào
sedative drug
zhèn
tòng
yào
analgesic
zhèn
jìng
yào
sedative
ā
xiān
yào
gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
zuì
yào
anesthetic/narcotic/chloroform

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