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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *點* | 點* | *點
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藥* | 藥* | *藥
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種|种, , / to poison
HSK 2
medicine in liquid form / bottled medicine / lotion
HSK 2
Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
medicaments / pharmaceuticals / medication / medicine / drug
HSK 4
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
internal medicine; general medicine
HSK 4
medicine / medical science / study of medicine
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *方* | 方* | *方
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
HSK 4
traditional Chinese medicine / CL: , 種|种
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *散* | 散* | *散
scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
HSK 5
to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany)
HSK 5
medical care and medicines / medicine (drug) / medical / pharmaceutical
HSK 6
medicaments / medicine / drug
HSK 6
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *邪* | 邪* | *邪
demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal
HSK 7-9
to take (medicine)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劑* | 劑* | *劑
(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine
HSK 7-9
(medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a standstill
HSK 7-9
positive (in its effect) / leading to good consequences / virtuous / (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
HSK 7-9
organ failure / exhaustion / prostration (medicine)
HSK 7-9
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock
HSK 7-9
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine)
HSK 7-9
(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath
HSK 7-9
sales counter; front desk; bar / (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
HSK 7-9
stupid; dull / (medicine) dementia
HSK 7-9
to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced / (medicine) to be in malposition / (fig.) erroneous; eccentric
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *錠* | 錠* | *錠
(weaving) spindle / ingot / pressed cake of medicine etc / classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks
(medicine) impotence
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
patent medicine / medicine already made up
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *醫* | 醫* | *醫
medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat
delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)
pellagra (medicine)
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
(Tw) nuclear medicine
(medicine) anthrax / (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
(drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *楚* | 楚* | *楚
distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school
refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective
scrofula (in Chinese medicine)
to prescribe medicine / to drug; to poison
the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent
trestle; support; stand; frame / (medicine) stent / to prop up / to resist; to withstand (an enemy attack etc)
cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound
complication (medicine)
Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
(medicine) phenylketonuria
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
compound prescription (involving several medicines)
doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful)
to manufacture medicine
(chemistry, medicine) test strip
(medicine) lochia
to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
Western medicine
to shift / shift / translocation / displacement / (medicine) dislocation
shingles / herpes zoster (medicine)
(sports) member of the national team / national representative / (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
(medicine) to have an infarction
to take medicine
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *味* | 味* | *味
taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
Chinese herbal medicine
amputation (medicine) / to amputate
pneumothorax (medicine)
(medicine) tenderness; pain experienced when touched or palpated
pre-eclampsia, toxaemia of pregnancy (medicine)
(medicine) erythema
to take medicine
medicine (as a science) / medical science
to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass
turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
dosage / prescribed dose of medicine
mind / state of mind / attention / (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw) / to take the medicine orally
(medicine) polyp
abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学, university of medicine
herbal medicine
to happen simultaneously / (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another); (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously / (computing) concurrent

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