下药 meaning in English

xiàyào

to prescribe medicine; to drug; to poison

Traditional 下藥12 strokes

Meaning of 下药

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàyào
  1. to prescribe medicine
  2. to drug; to poison

下药 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ在zài买mǎi这zhè药yào之zhī前qián应yīng该gāi问wèn一yī下xià药yào剂jì师shī的de建jiàn议yì。
You should consult with a pharmacist before buying that medicine.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

药 yào · medicine · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 下药.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
放下fàngxiato lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside

Questions about 下药

What does 下药 mean?

下药 (xiàyào) means "to prescribe medicine; to drug; to poison".

How do you write 下药?

下药 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 药 (9 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

How is 下药 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 下药 is written 下藥.