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复方 (fù fāng) — compounded medication (containing multiple active ingredients)

Dictionary HSK 7-9复方

HSK 7-9

复方

fù fāng

Part of speech: noun
HSK level: 7–9
Frequency: #45417
Traditional: 複方

Definition

Technical medical/TCM term for a medicine formula with multiple active ingredients, contrasted with 单方 (single-ingredient).

noun

compounded medication (containing multiple active ingredients)

Examples

复方。
Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yì zhǒng fù fāng gǎn mào yào.
The doctor prescribed me a compound cold medicine.
复方。
Zhè zhǒng fù fāng hán yǒu liǎng zhǒng yǒu xiào chéng fèn.
This compound medication contains two active ingredients.
复方。
Zhōng yào lǐ yě yǒu fù fāng hé dān fāng de qū bié.
In Chinese medicine, there is also a distinction between compound and single-ingredient formulas.

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