How to say “medicines” in Chinese
medicines (products)
“Medicines” in Chinese is 药品, yào pǐn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke.
How to pronounce it
药品 is read yào pǐn: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 艹 “grass”: medicines were made from herbs.
Three 口 stacked in a pile.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “药品”.
More words from the lesson “Medicines and allergies”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “medicines” in Chinese?
“Medicines” in Chinese is 药品, pinyin yàopǐn.
What does 药品 mean?
药品 (yàopǐn) means “medicines (products)”.
How do you write 药品?
药品 is 2 characters: 药 (yào) — medicine; 品 (pǐn) — product, goods; quality. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 药品?
药品 is read yàopǐn. Tones: yào — fourth tone, pǐn — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“medicines” in the lesson “Medicines and allergies”
This word is from the topic “Health” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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