Chinese word

药物

Pronunciation

Pinyinyào wù

Meaning

  • nounmedicine

Example

这个药店有很多药物。zhè ge yào diàn yǒu hěn duō yào wù

This pharmacy has a lot of medicine.

Illustration for 药物 (medicine)

More examples

他因为滥用药物被捕了。tā yīn wèi làn yòng yào wù bèi bǔ le

He was arrested for abusing drugs.

Core concept

A substance prepared to act on the body or mind, with its purpose shown by the effect it produces.

Common phrases

  • 药物治疗yào wù zhì liáo

    drug treatment

  • 注射药物zhù shè yào wù

    inject medicine

  • 药物依赖yào wù yī lài

    drug dependence

Similar words

药yào: A medicine taken or applied to treat an illness or injury.
药品yào pǐn: A medicinal product made for use in medical treatment.
药材yào cái: A plant, animal part, or dried material used as a raw ingredient in traditional medicine.

Definition in Chinese

用于预防、治疗或缓解身体或精神症状的物质、配方或制剂，既含传统草药也含现代合成药品。yòng yú yù fáng zhì liáo huò huán jiě shēn tǐ huò jīng shén zhèng zhuàng de wù zhì pèi fāng huò zhì jì jì hán chuán tǒng cǎo yào yě hán xiàn dài hé chéng yào pǐn

Word origin

药物 (yàowù, "medicine") joins 药 (yào, "medicine") to 物 (wù, "substance"), extending the idea of a remedy from its early association with herbs to preparations made from many materials.

Usage tips

  • The word itself does not signal that a substance is illegal or addictive; that judgment comes from context and more specific vocabulary.

Other meanings

  • narcoticnoun
  • drugnoun

Related words

  • 药物滥用yào wù làn yòngdrug abusenoun
  • 药物依赖yào wù yī làidrug dependencenoun

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