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藥 (joek6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

藥 (joek6, yào) — medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) M: 种zhǒng [种]; 服fù [服]; 味wèi [味]; to poison; to cure

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 藥到病除 (joek6 dou3 beng6 ceoi4) — relief of the illness after taking medicine
• 藥力 (joek6 lik6) — power of drug or medicine
• 藥廠 (joek6 cong2) — a pharmaceutical factory
• 藥性 (joek6 sing3) — medicinal properties
• 藥房 (joek6 fong4) — dispensary
• 藥材舖 (joek6 coi4 pou2) — a herbal medicine shop

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