药物 (yào wù) — medication; medicine; pharmaceuticals
Definition
药物 is the formal, written word for medicinal substances — broader and more scientific than the everyday 药, and more general than 药品 (which stresses specific pharmaceutical products).
noun
medicationmedicinepharmaceuticals
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 药物。Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ tíng yòng zhè zhǒng yào wù.The doctor advised me to stop taking this medication.
- 药物。Zhè xiē yào wù bì xū fàng zài ér tóng gòu bú dào de dì fāng.These medicines must be kept out of children's reach.
- 药物。Zhōng yào hé xī yào dōu shì zhòng yào de yào wù.Both Chinese medicine and Western medicine are important pharmaceuticals.
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