Chinese symbol for “dispense”

配药

pèi yào

Traditional: 配藥

to dispense (drugs); to prescribe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispense is 配药 (pèi yào), defined as: to dispense (drugs); to prescribe.

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Characters and stroke order

配 pèi

to blend, to mix; to fit, to match

radical 164 ⾣ · 10 strokes

药 yào

drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant

radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

藥 yào

Related words

Other words that share a character with 配药.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
配合	pèi hé	matching; fitting in with
分配	fēn pèi	to distribute; to assign
配置	pèi zhì	to deploy; to allocate
配备 (配備)	pèi bèi	to allocate; to provide
配套	pèi tào	to form a complete set; compatible
搭配	dā pèi	to pair up; to match
药物 (藥物)	yào wù	medicaments; pharmaceuticals
药品 (藥品)	yào pǐn	medicaments; medicine

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.