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HSK 2
药

HSK 2noun

药

Traditional: 葯

yào

药 (yào) means “leaf of the iris; variant of 药”. It is an HSK 2 Chinese character (traditional 葯) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

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Example

请吃药。

Qǐng chī yào.

Please take medicine.

Words containing 药

火药huǒ yàogunpowder 药物yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug 药品yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine; drug 医药yī yàomedical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical 炸药zhà yàoexplosive (material)药店yào diànpharmacy 药水Yào shuǐYaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province 药片yào piàna (medicine) pill or tablet 中药zhōng yàotraditional Chinese medicine

More HSK 2 vocabulary

白báisurname Bai 百bǎisurname Bai 帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid; to help; to assist 报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint 比bǐBelgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时别biésurname Bie 宾馆bīn guǎnguesthouse; lodge; hotel 长chánglength; long; forever; always; constantly 唱歌chàng gēto sing a song 出chūto go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc 穿chuānto wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread 次cìnext in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time

Frequently asked questions

What does 药 mean?: 药 (yào) means “leaf of the iris; variant of 药”. It is an HSK 2 word.
How is 药 pronounced?: 药 is pronounced “yào” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 药?: 药 belongs to HSK 2 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 药?: Follow the stroke-order animation above; 药 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-05-27