Chinese word

退烧药

Pronunciation

Pinyintuì shāo yào

Meaning

  • nounfever medicine

Example

他买了一盒退烧药给我。tā mǎi le yì hé tuì shāo yào gěi wǒ

He bought me a box of fever medicine.

Illustration for 退烧药 (fever medicine)

More examples

孩子发烧了，先给他退烧药再观察。hái zi fā shāo le xiān gěi tā tuì shāo yào zài guān chá

The child has a fever, so give him fever medicine first and then monitor him.

Core concept

A medicine that brings feverish body heat down and eases the discomfort that comes with it.

Common phrases

  • 吃退烧药chī tuì shāo yào

    take fever medicine

  • 买退烧药mǎi tuì shāo yào

    buy fever medicine

  • 给他退烧药gěi tā tuì shāo yào

    give him fever medicine

  • 一盒退烧药yì hé tuì shāo yào

    a box of fever medicine

Similar words

解热剂jiě rè jì: A formal term for a fever-reducing medicine used in medical writing and on product labels.
镇热剂zhèn rè jì: Medicine that acts to control fever symptoms and reduce high body temperature.
退热药tuì rè yào: Fever-reducing medicine used to bring the body's heat down.
感冒药gǎn mào yào: A combination medicine for easing cold symptoms, including a runny nose, cough, and fever.

Definition in Chinese

用于降低发热时的体温并缓解发热引起的不适的药物。yòng yú jiàng dī fā rè shí de tǐ wēn bìng huán jiě fā rè yín qǐ de bú shì de yào wù

Word origin

退烧药 (tuìshāoyào, "fever medicine") combines 退 (tuì, "retreat"), 烧 (shāo, "feverish heat"), and 药 (yào, "medicine") to name medicine that makes a fever recede.

Usage tips

  • For everyday Chinese, this purpose-based label remains useful even when the product's active ingredient is unknown, while the ingredient and dosage are normally identified separately on the package.

Related words

  • 退烧tuì shāobring down a feververb
  • 退烧贴tuì shāo tiēfever-reducing patchnoun
  • 退烧针tuì shāo zhēnfever-reducing injectionnoun

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