Chinese symbol for “dispensary”
药房
yào fáng
Traditional: 藥房
pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispensary is 药房 (yào fáng), defined as: pharmacy; drugstore; dispensary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dispensary”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 药房.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 农药 (農藥) | nóng yào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical |
| 中药 (中藥) | zhōng yào | traditional Chinese medicine; measure word: 服 (fù) |
| 房子 | fáng zi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 房间 (房間) | fáng jiān | room; 间 (jiān) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dispensary”.
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.
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