药
yào HSK2

medicine

Senses

药/ 藥 yào variants: 葯 medicine

medicine; drug; substance used to treat disease or kill pests

药/ 藥 yào chemical substance

(bound form) chemicals used for a specific purpose, such as explosives or anesthetics

药/ 藥 yào variants: 葯 to poison

to kill with poison; to use toxins to exterminate pests

药/ 藥 yào to treat

(literary) to treat an illness; to cure

药/ 藥 yào Yao

a Chinese surname

药/ 藥 yào peony

(abbreviation) the Chinese herbaceous peony 芍药 sháo​yao

药/ 葯 yào dahurian angelica

the plant Angelica dahurica (dahurian angelica), or its fragrant root used in herbal medicine

药/ 葯 yào anther

the part of a stamen that contains the pollen

References

classifier 药/藥 → 种/種
classifier 药/藥 → 服/服
classifier 药/藥 → 味/味
abbreviation 药/藥 → 芍药/芍藥
classifier 药/葯 → 种/種
classifier 药/葯 → 服/服
classifier 药/葯 → 味/味
same_as 药/葯 → 白芷/白芷
classifier 服/服 → 药/藥
classifier 剂/劑 → 药/藥
classifier 帖/帖 → 药/藥
classifier 剤/剤 → 药/藥