药 (藥) yào
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noun
a pharmaceutical; medication; medicine; a drug; a remedy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
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) -
noun
a chemical
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
Notes: Used in both literary and modern Chinese. For example, 火药 'gunpowder' (ABC 'yào' n; NCCED '药' 4) -
verb
to cure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yào' v; NCCED '药' 2) -
verb
to poison
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'yào' n/v; NCCED '药' 3)
Contained in
- 四事供养; 1. 饮食 2. 衣服 3. 卧具 4. 汤药(四事供養; 1. 飲食 2. 衣服 3. 臥具 4. 湯藥) Four Offerings: 1. Food and drink; 2. Clothing; 3. Bedding; 4. Medicine
- 药食(藥食) Medicinal Meal
- 药事(藥事) Bhaiṣajyavastu
- 药师如来(藥師如來) Medicine Buddha
- 疾病即是良药(疾病即是良藥) Illness can be a cure itself
- 佛说药师如来本愿经(佛說藥師如來本願經) Bhaiṣajyagurupūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistara; Medicine Buddha Sūtra; Yaoshi Rulai Benyuan Jing
- 药师仪轨一具(藥師儀軌一具) Medicine Buddha Ritual in Full; Yaoshi Yi Gui Yi Ju
- 药山惟俨(藥山惟儼) Yaoshan Weiyan
- 千手千眼观世音菩萨治病合药经(千手千眼觀世音菩薩治病合藥經) Thousand Hand Thousand Eye Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Cures Sickness Sutra (Qian Shou Qian Yan Guanshiyin Pusa Zhi Bing He Yao Jing)
- 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
- 佛说观药王药上二菩萨经(佛說觀藥王藥上二菩薩經) Sutra on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas Medicine King and Superior Medicine; Bhaiṣajyarājabhaiṣajyasamudagatabodhisattvasūtra
- 云门药病相治(雲門藥病相治) Yumen explains the interrelation between medicine and disease
- 大药叉女欢喜母并爱子成就法(大藥叉女歡喜母并愛子成就法) Hariti and Beloved Children Accomplishment Ritual; Da Yaochanu Huanxi Mu Bing Ai Zi Chengjiu Fa
- 药师琉璃光如来本愿经(藥師琉璃光如來本願經) The Sutra of Medicine Buddha
Also contained in
医药 、 蒙药 、 抗菌药 、 仙药 、 成药 、 西药 、 对症发药 、 药补 、 春药 、 抗药性 、 生技医药 、 耐药性 、 杀蠹药 、 塑胶炸药 、 司药 、 花药 、 生物弹药 、 阿仙药 、 配药 、 兽药 、 抗药 、 中成药 、 医药学 、 药瓶 、 良药 、 鼠药 、 中药 、 火药 、 吃枪药 、 吃后悔药 、 弹药库 、 传统中国医药 、 药水儿 、 救药 、 特效药 、 孤儿药 、 拟阿拖品药物
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 — Madhyamāgama 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
- 药木 (藥木) 藥木皆悉枯槁 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 疾药 (疾藥) 衣食疾藥 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 弃药 (棄藥) 乃至一生服所棄藥 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
- 大药 (大藥) 麻油大藥 — Qi Chu San Guan Jing 七處三觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
- 服毒药 (服毒藥) 或服毒藥 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 6
- 百谷药 (百穀藥) 百穀藥木得生長養 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 4
- 三药 (三藥) 此三大患有此三藥 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 4
- 三大药 (三大藥) 比丘有三大藥 — Qi Chu San Guan Jing 七處三觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 3