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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 药材

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
药材 yào cái - medicinal ingredient

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
- 9 46,126 11,757 26,739

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
cái- material
- timber
- ability
- aptitude
- a capable individual
- coffin (old)

Other Words Containing 药材

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
药材 - 9 46,126 11,757 26,739