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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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

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
2 2 674 729 1,342

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Plant

Other Words Containing

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
2 2 674 729 1,342
药物 - 4 2,090 1,893 6,904
炸药 - 6 4,396 10,926 19,529
药品 - 6 5,018 1,841 9,450
毒药 - - 5,102 16,398 11,816
弹药 - - 6,421 12,571 31,837
药片 - 2 7,289 32,580 21,309
止痛药 - - 7,885 37,729 26,997
安眠药 - 7 8,016 24,008 14,664
火药 6 7 8,025 22,061 26,571
服药 - - 8,424 12,001 18,916
药丸 - - 8,732 27,272 24,472
药剂 - - 8,795 15,741 37,763
医药 - 6 9,449 3,820 11,206
药店 - 2 9,549 8,546 15,580
迷幻药 - - 10,333 101,657 80,022
药房 - - 10,775 15,311 27,211
药剂师 - - 11,452 53,592 56,500
下药 - - 11,579 50,404 39,424
草药 - - 11,658 26,142 34,124
制药 - - 12,359 9,644 22,820
避孕药 - - 12,736 22,710 15,269
药膏 - - 12,837 38,649 27,042
麻醉药 - - 13,202 44,675 60,052
药水 - 2 14,834 20,547 18,158
麻药 - - 15,670 37,903 28,392
药效 - - 16,999 20,696 26,598
感冒药 - - 17,120 - -
药方 - 8 17,788 19,442 22,285
药检 - - 19,898 30,027 80,384
吃药 - - 20,860 10,985 5,056
火药味 - - 20,879 34,240 36,514
药瓶 - - 21,104 42,421 32,494
泻药 - - 21,155 59,285 39,137
良药 - - 21,964 23,972 12,749
春药 - - 23,222 53,497 34,423
禁药 - - 24,202 - -
药草 - - 24,589 56,113 64,248
药用 - - 24,670 - -
药性 - - 26,335 39,836 48,070
农药 - - 26,972 6,854 13,506
灵药 - - 27,192 35,113 38,515
镇静药 - - 29,750 - -
眼药 - - 29,891 - -
膏药 - - 30,675 44,614 31,063
鼠药 - - 30,796 - -
山药 - - 32,557 15,777 6,726
弹药库 - - 33,073 - -
药理 - - 33,661 17,576 34,710
药理学 - - 33,871 30,778 65,972
对症下药 - - 36,021 29,310 33,662
灵丹妙药 - - 36,278 45,056 50,216
假药 - - 36,458 - -
配药 - - 36,734 51,054 55,373
药学 - - 38,946 16,534 40,176
特效药 - - 39,089 44,427 41,563
药师 - - 40,900 - -
催眠药 - - 41,990 - -
退烧药 - - 43,671 - -
中药 - 5 44,172 3,774 3,558
抗药性 - - 44,185 35,442 63,768
药物学 - - 45,104 77,559 109,215
补药 - - 45,235 49,036 31,527
药材 - 9 46,126 11,757 26,739
换汤不换药 - - 46,156 59,449 46,131
迷魂药 - - 50,220 - -
中草药 - - 52,222 18,999 28,175
黄色炸药 - - 53,261 - -
红药水 - - 56,656 85,016 71,633
圣药 - - 58,873 94,040 92,493
药到病除 - - 59,768 75,635 61,591
抓药 - - 60,940 65,582 59,442
药膳 - - 61,306 41,698 27,607
杀虫药 - - 65,311 90,040 -
西药 - - 66,307 17,831 31,816
成药 - - 67,784 51,931 63,144
酒药 - - 80,663 - 71,357
生药 - - 94,066 - -
耐药性 - - 97,267 26,568 75,148