Chinese symbol for “anesthetic”
麻药
má yào
Traditional: 麻藥
anesthetic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anesthetic is 麻药 (má yào), defined as: anesthetic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “anesthetic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻醉药 (麻醉藥) | má zuì yào | anesthetic; narcotic |
| 麻醉剂 (麻醉劑) | má zuì jì | an anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic |
| 蒙药 (蒙藥) | méng yào | anesthetic; narcotic; knockout drops |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麻药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anesthetic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.