Chinese word

药房

Pronunciation

Pinyinyào fáng

Meaning

  • nounpharmacy

Example

我需要去药房买感冒药。wǒ xū yào qù yào fáng mǎi gǎn mào yào

I need to go to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine.

Illustration for 药房 (pharmacy)

More examples

他在药房问药剂师一个问题。tā zài yào fáng wèn yào jì shī yí gè wèn tí

He asked the pharmacist a question at the pharmacy.

Core concept

A place where medicine is kept, prepared, and made available for people to get.

Common phrases

  • 去药房qù yào fáng

    go to the pharmacy

  • 在药房买药zài yào fáng mǎi yào

    buy medicine at the pharmacy

  • 药房里yào fáng lǐ

    in the pharmacy

Similar words

药店yào diàn: A medicine shop selling common nonprescription drugs and daily-use goods.
药局yào jú: A place that fills prescriptions and also sells medicine.

Definition in Chinese

存放、配制或销售药物的场所，既可指医院内的调剂室，也可指对外营业的药店。cún fàng pèi zhì huò xiāo shòu yào wù de cháng suǒ jì kě zhǐ yī yuàn nèi de tiáo jì shì yě kě zhǐ duì wài yíng yè de yào diàn

Word origin

药 (yào, "medicine") + 房 (fáng, "room") forms a word for a place connected with medicines.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the setting is often left to context, so the same word can identify either a hospital dispensing area or a neighborhood shop.

Other meanings

  • drugstorenoun

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