中
药

Traditional Chinese medicine in Chinese: 中药 (zhōng yào)

zhōng yào

traditional Chinese medicine

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 中藥1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1traditional Chinese medicine

Stroke order

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中
药

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

中药

Simplified

中藥

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 生病的时候他喜欢喝中药。

    shēng bìng de shí hòu tā xǐ huan hē zhōng yào。

    When he is sick he likes to drink Chinese medicine.

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Related words

药

yào

leaf of the iris

中

zhōng

within

中国

zhōng guó

China

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

其中

qí zhōng

among

中文

zhōng wén

Chinese language

集中

jí zhōng

to concentrate

中介

zhōng jiè

to act as intermediary

中心

zhōng xīn

center

中旬

zhōng xún

middle third of a month

中学

zhōng xué

middle school

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