Chinese symbol for “prescription”
配方
pèi fāng
prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prescription is 配方 (pèi fāng), defined as: prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prescription”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药方 (藥方) | yào fāng | prescription |
| 方子 | fāng zi | prescription (medicine) |
| 方剂 (方劑) | fāng jì | prescription; recipe (Chinese medicine) |
| 方 | fāng | square; power or involution (math.) |
| 时效 (時效) | shí xiào | timeliness; period of viability or validity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 配方.
| 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 |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prescription”.
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.