藥 (joek6 | yao4) : medicine

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藥

joek6

yao4

[1] [n] medicine; drug; medicinal
[2] [v] cure; remedy
[3] [v] kill with poison
[4] [n] certain chemicals

(Classifier(s): 片, 粒, 味, 劑, 貼)

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 21

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

藥 / 药

This word has been viewed 23135 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Mar 2012 11:33

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敷藥 fu1 joek6 fu1 yao4 = To apply medicine on a wound.

藥水 joek6 seoi2 yao4 shui3 = liquid medicine, lotion

藥草 joek6 cou2 = medical herbs

藥材 joek6 coi4 yao4 cai2 = medical herbs

藥丸 joek6 jyun4*2 yao4 wan2 = medicine pill; tablet

藥單 joek6 daan1 = prescription

藥膏 joek6 gou1 yao4 gao4 = medical ointment

藥品 joek6 ban2 yao4 pin3 = drug; medicine

藥物 joek6 mat6 yao4 wu4 = medicines

中藥 zung1 joek6 zhong1 yao4 = Chinese medicine
See all 119 compounds (CantoDict reports 130 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 藥

請問，附近哪裡有藥房呀？國
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?

我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.

個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites.
[Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]

呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient.
[The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]

啲藥水會凝底，𢳆勻佢先至好飲粵
There is sediment in the medicine, shake evenly before drinking it.

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Decimal representation of this word: 藥
Unicode code for this character: U+85e5 (off-site link)

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