藥材

See also: 药材

Chinese

		medicine; drug; cure	material
trad. (藥材)		藥	材
simp. (药材)		药	材

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàocái

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶ coi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yo̍k-chhài
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍h-châi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàocái
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàocái
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tsʻai²
    • Yale: yàu-tsái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawtsair
    • Palladius: яоцай (jaocaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joek⁶ coi⁴
    • Yale: yeuhk chòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹ tsoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶ coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-chhài
    • Hakka Romanization System: iog cai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ cai²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯ok̚⁵ t͡sʰai̯¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yo̍k-chhài
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iog cai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yog⁶ cai²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯ok̚⁵ t͡sʰai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h-châi
    • Tâi-lô: io̍h-tsâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioiqzaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sai²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 藥材

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) traditional Chinese medicinal materials (materia medica; including herbs, minerals and other materials that are not plant-based)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) herbal preparation; Chinese patent medicine

Synonyms

• (medicinal materials): 中藥材／中药材 (zhōngyàocái)
• (herbal preparation): 中成藥／中成药 (zhōngchéngyào)

Hyponyms

hyponyms

• Tonics (补益药)
• Superfices-syndrome relieving medicinal materials (解表药)
• Heat-clearing medicinal materials (清热药)
• Cathartics (泻下药)
• Interior-warming medicinal materials (温里药)
• Dampness-eliminating medicinal materials (利湿药)
• Aromatic dampness-dispersing medicinal materials (芳香化湿药)
• Qi-activating medicinal materials (行气药)
• Resuscitative medicinal materials (开窍药)
• Wind-eliminating medicinal materials (祛风药)
• Blood-circulation activating and blood-stasis removing medicinal materials (活血祛瘀药)
• Hemostatics (止血药)
• Expectorants, anti-tussives, and anti-asthmatics (化痰止咳平喘药)
• Liver-calming medicinal materials (平肝药)
• Sedatives (安神药)
• Astringents (固涩药)
• Digestants (消导药)
• Antimalarial medicinal materials (抗疟药)
• Anthelmintics (驱虫药)
• Medicinal materials for external application (外用药)

See also

• 藥／药 (yào)
• 藥品／药品 (yàopǐn)
• 藥物／药物 (yàowù)
• 中藥／中药 (zhōngyào)