Chinese symbol for “pharmacist”
药师
yào shī
Traditional: 藥師
pharmacist
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pharmacist is 药师 (yào shī), defined as: pharmacist.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pharmacist”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药剂师 (藥劑師) | yào jì shī | pharmacist |
| 司药 (司藥) | sī yào | pharmacist |
| 药剂士 (藥劑士) | yào jì shì | druggist; pharmacist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 药师.
| 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) |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 教师 (教師) | jiào shī | teacher; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pharmacist”.
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.