Chinese symbol for “pharmaceutical”
医药
yī yào
Traditional: 醫藥
medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pharmaceutical is 医药 (yī yào), defined as: medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pharmaceutical”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 医药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 医院 (醫院) | yī yuàn | hospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 医生 (醫生) | yī shēng | doctor; medical practitioner |
| 医学 (醫學) | yī xué | medicine; medical science |
| 医师 (醫師) | yī shī | doctor; physician |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
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.