药师 (yào shī) — pharmacist | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pharmacist

Measure word · 个

药师，。
Zhè wèi yào shī hěn yǒu jīng yàn, kě yǐ bāng nǐ xuǎn yào.
This pharmacist is very experienced and can help you choose medicine.
药师，。
Wǒ bà ba shì yào shī, zài yī yuàn de yào fáng gōng zuò.
My father is a pharmacist and works in a hospital pharmacy.
药师。
yào shī Jiàn yì wǒ měi tiān chī yí cì yào.
The pharmacist suggested I take the medicine once a day.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

药yàomedicine

Medicine plus specialist names a pharmacist.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

艹樂藥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

樂

樂lè藥yào

Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

𠂤帀師

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.