中药

Traditional (Taiwan): 中藥

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

zhōngyào ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠˋ

    • traditional Chinese medicine

Character by character

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

Less often

Other words read zhōngyào

zhongyao with other tones

  • 重要 zhòngyào important
  • 钟繇 zhōngyáo Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 cáowèi and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书 kǎishū

Near homophones of zhongyao

  • 总要 zǒngyào nevertheless
  • 纵摇 zòngyáo pitching motion

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