用药 (yòng yào) — to take medication, to use medicine (as treatment)
Definition
用药 means 'to use / take medicine', focusing on the act of administering medication rather than the medicine itself. Less common than 吃药 for everyday 'take medicine'; used more in medical or formal contexts.
verb
to take medicationto use medicine (as treatment)
Examples
- 用药。Yī shēng jiàn yì tā měi tiān àn shí yòng yào.The doctor advised him to take his medication on time every day.
- ，。Tā yòng le zhè zhǒng yào yí gè yuè, xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.He used this medicine for a month, and the effect was very good.
- 。Yī shēng gěi tā yòng le sān zhǒng bù tóng de yào.The doctor gave him three different kinds of medicine.
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