Definition
药店 (yào diàn) is a noun meaning 'pharmacy' — a physical shop where you buy medicine. It is different from 药 (yào), which means 'medicine' itself, and from 药物 (yào wù) and 药品 (yào pǐn), which refer to the substance or product (medication/pharmaceuticals) rather than the place.
noun
pharmacy
Easily confused
- 要点yào diǎnsound-alikemain point, key point
Examples
- 药店?Zhège yào diàn yǒu yào ma?Does this pharmacy have medicine?
- 药店?Nà jiā yào diàn zài nǎlǐ?Where is that pharmacy?
- 药店。Māma qù yào diàn mǎi shuǐguǒ.Mom goes to the pharmacy to buy fruit.
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