Chinese word

止痛药

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhǐ tòng yào

Meaning

  • nounpainkiller

Example

我吃了止痛药，现在好多了。wǒ chī le zhǐ tòng yào xiàn zài hǎo duō le

I took a painkiller, and I feel much better now.

Illustration for 止痛药 (painkiller)

More examples

她晚上头疼，就去买了止痛药。tā wǎn shàng tou téng jiù qù mǎi le zhǐ tòng yào

She had a headache at night, so she went and bought a painkiller.

Core concept

A medicine that turns down or removes the body's experience of pain.

Common phrases

  • 吃止痛药chī zhǐ tòng yào

    take a painkiller

  • 买止痛药mǎi zhǐ tòng yào

    buy a painkiller

  • 医生开了止痛药yī shēng kāi le zhǐ tòng yào

    the doctor prescribed a painkiller

Similar words

镇痛药zhèn tòng yào: Medicine described in medical language as relieving or eliminating physical pain.
止痛片zhǐ tòng piàn: Pain-relief tablets taken by mouth.
止痛贴zhǐ tòng tiē: A pain-relief patch applied to the skin over the painful area.

Definition in Chinese

用于减轻或消除身体疼痛的药品，既包括可在药店购买的非处方止痛药，也包括需医师处方的强效镇痛药，常见剂型有口服片剂、贴剂和注射剂。yòng yú jiǎn qīng huò xiāo chú shēn tǐ téng tòng de yào pǐn jì bāo kuò kě zài yào diàn gòu mǎi de fēi chǔ fāng zhǐ tòng yào yě bāo kuò xū yī shī chǔ fāng de qiáng xiào zhèn tòng yào cháng jiàn jì xíng yǒu kǒu fú piàn jì tiē jì hé zhù shè jì

Word origin

止 (zhǐ, "stop") + 痛 (tòng, "pain") + 药 (yào, "medicine") combines into a direct description of medicine used against pain.

Usage tips

  • Chinese uses this broad everyday term for both store-bought and prescribed options, so context determines how strong or specific the medicine is.

Related words

  • 止痛片zhǐ tòng piànpainkiller tabletnoun
  • 止痛剂zhǐ tòng jìpain relievernoun
  • 止痛zhǐ tòngrelieve painverb

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