药

The character "药" has 9 strokes. "药" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "药" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "药" are "yào" . View the stroke order of "药">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "药"

n.: medicine; drug; remedy; certain chemicals

v.: cure; kill with poison

• medicine : n.医学；内科学；药；药物；咒语；魔法；神物；药品
• drug : n.药；药物；毒品；兴奋剂；麻醉药；麻醉剂
• remedy : n.治疗；药品；公差；补救办法；纠正方法；排遣手段；法定补偿
• cure : v.缓解…的疾病症状；治愈；加工处理；保藏；治好；解决；使（橡胶、塑料等）硬化

Form words with "药"

引产药 drug used to induce labour

一贴药 a draught of herbal medicine

引爆药 primary/initiating explosive

益智药 nootropic

开胃药 appetizer; aperitive

针刺药 prickling powder

止汗药 antiperspirant; antihidrotic

抗病毒药 antiviral (agent)

奇效药 miracle drug

抑制药 depressant

磺胺药 sulpha drug; sulphonamide

消化药 digestant; digestive

创伤药 vulneraria; vulnerary

清热药 antipyretic

药浴池 dipping vat

杵药 pound herbs to powder

原子弹药 atomic ammunition

固涩药 securing astringent medicine

安神药 sedative; tranquilizer

收敛药 astringent

Example phrases using "药"

• 他吃了药，觉得好过一点儿了。

  He felt a bit better after taking the medicine.

• 我吃过他开的药，倒真是药到病除。

  He prescribed a draught for me and it worked wonders.

• 这种药可能使病人产生幻觉。

  The drug may cause the patient to create hallucinations. / The drug may cause the patient to hallucinate.

• 把药放到孩子够不到的高处。

  Put the medicine in a high place beyond the children’s reach.

• 这种药剂量过大会损害肝脏。

  Excessive dosage of this drug can result in injury to the liver.

• 这种药很管事，一吃就见效。

  This medicine has an immediate effect.

• 这种药药性平和，无副作用。

  This medicine is quite mild and has no side effect.

• 她掐着钟点儿给孩子吃药。

  She made sure that the child took the medicine on time.

• 这种药可以帮助舒张肌肉。

  This medicine helps to relax your muscles.

• 目前尚无根治这种病的药。

  There is no radical/perfect cure for this disease at present.