Medicinal ingredient in Chinese: 药材 (yào cái)

yào cái

medicinal ingredient

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 藥材1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1medicinal ingredient

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ㄧㄠˋ

yào

/ i/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄘㄞˊ

cái

/ c/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

药材

Simplified

藥材

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这家店里卖各种中药材。

    zhè jiā diàn lǐ mài gè zhǒng zhōng yào cái。

    This shop sells all kinds of Chinese medicinal ingredients.

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