药方 (yào fāng) — prescription

Definition

药方 is a traditional/Chinese-medicine word for a prescription (the written formula). 处方 is the modern, clinical term, especially for Western medicine; 配方 also means 'formula/recipe'.

noun
prescription
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 药方
    Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yí gè yào fāng.
    The doctor wrote me a prescription.
  • 药方
    Qǐng àn yào fāng qù yào diàn mǎi yào.
    Please go to the pharmacy and buy the medicine according to the prescription.
  • 药方
    Zhè zhāng yào fāng shì zhōng yào de.
    This prescription is for Chinese medicine.

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