Chinese word

配药

Pronunciation

Pinyinpèi yào

Meaning

  • verbfill a prescription

Example

药房已经把处方配药好了，请来取。yào fáng yǐ jīng bǎ chǔ fāng pèi yào hǎo le qǐng lái qǔ

The pharmacy has filled the prescription, so please come pick it up.

Illustration for 配药 (fill a prescription)

More examples

病人把处方交给药师，药师正在为他配药。bìng rén bǎ chǔ fāng jiāo gěi yào shī yào shī zhèng zài wèi tā pèi yào

The patient hands the prescription to the pharmacist, who is filling it for him.

Core concept

A pharmacy matches medicines to a prescription, then sets the prepared order aside for the patient.

Common phrases

  • 按处方配药àn chǔ fāng pèi yào

    dispense medicine according to a prescription

  • 给病人配药gěi bìng rén pèi yào

    prepare medicine for a patient

  • 到药房配药dào yào fáng pèi yào

    get medicine dispensed at a pharmacy

Similar words

开药kāi yào: Decide which medicine to prescribe after diagnosing a patient.
发药fā yào: Hand prepared medicine to a patient or the person's representative.
取药qǔ yào: Go and pick up medicine prescribed by a doctor.
拿药ná yào: Get medicine and hold it, using a casual expression.

Definition in Chinese

把已经准备好的药品交给患者或代取人，或指药房完成调配并待患者来取的状态。bǎ yǐ jīng zhǔn bèi hǎo de yào pǐn jiāo gěi huàn zhě huò dài qǔ rén huò zhǐ yào fáng wán chéng tiáo pèi bìng dài huàn zhě lái qǔ de zhuàng tài

Word origin

配药 (pèiyào, "dispense medicine") is formed from 配 (pèi, "match or allocate") and 药 (yào, "medicine"), describing medicines assigned to a particular order.

Usage tips

  • A pharmacy may use this word for an order completed before the patient arrives, so a completed action does not imply that the medicine has already been collected.

Other meanings

  • prepare medicineverb
  • dispense medicineverb

Related words

  • 配药员pèi yào yuánmedicine dispensernoun
  • 配药室pèi yào shìdispensing roomnoun

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