药 (藥) yào

1. yào noun a pharmaceutical; medication; medicine; a drug; a remedy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used in both literary and modern Chinese (ABC 'yào' n; NCCED '药' 1). For example, in literary Chinese, 種種藥草。合和米麯甘蔗汁中。能變成酒。 'Take many kinds of medicinal herbs and mix them together with rice, yeast, and sugar cane juice and they will turn into wine.' (Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation, Scroll 3, T 2131 翻譯名義集‧卷第三)
2. yào noun a chemical
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used in both literary and modern Chinese. For example, 火药 'gunpowder' (ABC 'yào' n; NCCED '药' 4)
3. yào verb to cure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yào' v; NCCED '药' 2)
4. yào verb to poison
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'yào' n/v; NCCED '药' 3)
5. yào noun medicine; bhaiṣajya
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhaiṣajya, or: oṣadhiḥ, Japanese: yaku, Tibetan: sman (BCSD '藥' p. 1030; Mahāvyutpatti 'oṣadhiḥ'; MW 'bhaiṣajya'; Unihan '藥')

Contained in

• 药王菩萨(藥王菩薩) Bhaisajyaraja Bodhisattva; Medicine King Bodhisattva
• 佛说药师如来本愿经(佛說藥師如來本願經) Sutra on the Vows of the Medicine Buddha; Yaoshi Rulai Benyuan Jing
• 药病相治(藥病相治) the interrelation between medicine and disease
• 修药师仪轨布坛法(修藥師儀軌布壇法) Medicine Buddha Mandala Ritual; Xiu Yaoshi Yi Gui Bu Tan Fa
• 日本奈良药师寺(日本奈良藥師寺) Yakushi Temple in Nara, Japan
• 药石(藥石) medicine and stone needle ; medicine meal
• 药草(藥草) medicinal herb ; medicinal herb; oṣadhi
• 金刚手药叉将(金剛手藥叉將) Vajrapāṇi; Vajrapani Bodhisattva
• 十二药叉大将(十二藥叉大將) the twelve heavenly generals; the twelve divine generals; twelve dream kings
• 药师琉璃光七佛本愿功德经(藥師琉璃光七佛本願功德經) Sutra on the Merits of the Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance and Seven Buddhas; Yaoshi Liuli Guang Qi Fo Ben Yuan Gongde Jing
• 药师琉璃光如来(藥師琉璃光如來) Medicine Buddha; the Medicine Buddha of Pure Crystal Radiance
• 药上(藥上) Bhaisajya-samudgata Bodhisattva; Supreme Medicine Bodhisattva
• 药师琉璃光王七佛本愿功德经念诵仪轨供养法(藥師琉璃光王七佛本願功德經念誦儀軌供養法) Yaoshi Liuli Guang Wang Qi Fo Benyuan Gongde Jing Niansong Yi Gui Gongyang Fa; Medicine Buddha, King of Lapis Lazuli Light and Merits of the Seven Buddhas Sutra and Liturgy for Offering Ritual
• 药王(藥王) Bhaisajyaraja; Medicine King
• 药师十二神将(藥師十二神將) Twelve Heavenly Generals; Twelve Divine Generals

Also contained in

原子爆破弹药 、 是药三分毒 、 葫芦里卖的是什么药 、 仙药 、 良药 、 抓药 、 耐药性 、 无可救药 、 止痛药 、 药物 、 服药过量 、 中成药 、 有药瘾者 、 麻醉药 、 药方儿 、 药代动力学 、 药物化学 、 消炎药 、 降血压药 、 药到病除 、 药流 、 抗药能力 、 以药养医 、 春药 、 𬬰药 、 麻药 、 补药 、 药丸 、 药方 、 药瓶 、 药签 、 药罐 、 吃药 、 非处方药 、 农药 、 药渣

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 110 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 169 , has English translation
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 162
• Scroll 28 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事 — count: 125
• Scroll 1 Majestic Virtue of the Kumbhira and Child Sutra (Fo Shuo Jinpiluo Tongzi Weide Jing) 佛說金毘羅童子威德經 — count: 125
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 115
• Scroll 1 Vinayavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Yao Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶藥事 — count: 105
• Scroll 7 Amoghapāśakalparājasūtra (Bu Kong Juan Suo Shenbian Zhenyan Jing) 不空羂索神變真言經 — count: 102
• Scroll 10 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 76 , has English translation
• Scroll 26 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 76
• Scroll 42 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 73 , has English translation

Collocations

• 妙药 (妙藥) 我為汝說如其像妙藥 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 9
• 药树 (藥樹) 釋氏舍夷阿摩勒藥樹園 — Shelifu Mohe Mulian You Si Qu Jing 舍利弗摩訶目連遊四衢經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
• 疾药 (疾藥) 衣食疾藥 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 大药 (大藥) 麻油大藥 — Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 服毒药 (服毒藥) 或服毒藥 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 6
• 药木 (藥木) 藥木皆悉枯槁 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 三药 (三藥) 此三大患有此三藥 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4
• 百谷药 (百穀藥) 百穀藥木得生長養 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 4
• 药傅 (藥傅) 即以天藥傅眾鼻中 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 5 — count: 3
• 药吐 (藥吐) 不服藥吐下 — Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation (Qi Chu San Guan Jing) 七處三觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 3