药 (yào) means Medicine (drug - cure - prescription). Below are 24 of the 38 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
生病了要吃 药 。
Shēngbìng le yào chī yào.
You have to take medicine when you're ill.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 药
这个 药 一天吃三次。
Zhège yào yì tiān chī sān cì.
Take this medicine three times a day.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 药
药 的效果不太明显。
Yào de xiàoguǒ bú tài míngxiǎn.
The medicine has not had much effect.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 效果
这种 药 的作用很大。
Zhè zhǒng yào de zuòyòng hěn dà.
This medicine has a strong effect.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 作用
这种 药 能缓解疼痛。
Zhè zhǒng yào néng huǎnjiě téngtòng.
This medicine can relieve pain.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缓解
这种 药 可以杀细菌。
Zhè zhǒng yào kěyǐ shā xìjūn.
This medicine kills bacteria.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 杀
身体很快吸收了 药 。
Shēntǐ hěn kuài xīshōu le yào.
The body absorbed the medicine quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吸收
这种 药 的成分很简单。
Zhè zhǒng yào de chéngfèn hěn jiǎndān.
The composition of this medicine is very simple.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成分
警方查获了大量假 药 。
Jǐngfāng cháhuò le dàliàng jiǎ yào.
The police uncovered a large quantity of counterfeit medicine.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 查获
医生叮嘱他按时吃 药 。
Yīshēng dīngzhǔ tā ànshí chī yào.
The doctor told him repeatedly to take his medicine on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叮嘱
把 药 片碾成粉末再吃。
Bǎ yàopiàn niǎn chéng fěnmò zài chī.
Grind the tablet into powder before taking it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粉末
这种 药 的功效很明显。
Zhè zhǒng yào de gōngxiào hěn míngxiǎn.
The effect of this medicine is very clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 功效
这种 药 的效果很神奇。
Zhè zhǒng yào de xiàoguǒ hěn shénqí.
The effect of this medicine is remarkable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神奇
这种 药 需要注射使用。
Zhè zhǒng yào xūyào zhùshè shǐyòng.
This medicine has to be given by injection.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 注射
贩卖假 药 是严重的犯罪。
Fànmài jiǎ yào shì yánzhòng de fànzuì.
Selling counterfeit medicine is a serious crime.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贩卖
Reading these is one thing; producing 药 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
他给我开了一些 药 。
tā gěi wǒ kāile yīxiē yào.
He prescribed me some medicine.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
From the travel phrasebook
我在吃这个 药 。
Wǒ zài chī zhège yào.
I'm taking this medication.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
药 appears in 38 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 药
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 药
How is 药 used in a sentence?
This page shows 38 sentences using 药 (yào, "Medicine (drug - cure - prescription)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 药 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 药 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 药 an HSK word?
Yes — 药 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 药?
The dictionary page for 药 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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