Chinese symbol for “tonic”
补药
bǔ yào
Traditional: 補藥
tonic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tonic is 补药 (bǔ yào), defined as: tonic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tonic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补品 (補品) | bǔ pǐn | tonic |
| 滋补品 (滋補品) | zī bǔ pǐn | tonic; invigorant |
| 补剂 (補劑) | bǔ jì | tonic; supplement |
| 大补帖 (大補帖) | dà bǔ tiě | tonic; healthy concoction |
| 主音 | zhǔ yīn | keynote; principal tone |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 补药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 补充 (補充) | bǔ chōng | to replenish; to supplement |
| 补偿 (補償) | bǔ cháng | to compensate; to make up |
| 补助 (補助) | bǔ zhù | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 补贴 (補貼) | bǔ tiē | to subsidize; subsidy |
| 弥补 (彌補) | mí bǔ | to complement; to make up for a deficiency |
| 填补 (填補) | tián bǔ | to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form) |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tonic”.
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.