Word information
Simplified药材
Traditional藥材
Pinyinyàocái
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 药材
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药yào
leaf of the iris; variant of 藥|药[yao4]; medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
药店yàodiànpharmacy; drugstore
材料cáiliào(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
教材jiàocáiteaching material; CL:本[ben3]
身材shēncáistature; build (height and weight); figure
药品yàopǐnmedicaments; medicine; drug