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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 中药

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
中药 zhōng yào - traditional Chinese medicine
- CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 44,172 3,774 3,558

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
yào- leaf of the iris
- variant of 藥|药[yao4]
yào- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
- to poison

Other Words Containing 中药

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
中药 - 5 44,172 3,774 3,558