Definition & Meaning

medicinal material; crude drug

Word usage

yào cái

药 材

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n.medicinal material; crude drug
- míng guì de tiān rán yào cái
  名贵的天然药材
  natural medicinal material
- gōng yìng yào cái
  供应药材
  medical supply
- yǐ qián zhè xiē xiāng cǎo kě néng shì bèi dàng zuò yào cái lái zhòng de
  以前这些香草可能是被当作药材来种的。
  These herbs would have been grown for medicinal purposes in days gone by.
synonym
yào cǎo药草

Word usage

common measure word
"药材" is often matched with measure word "种"or"味"or"包".
- 一种药材
  one kind of medicinal materials
- 一味药材
  one medicinal material
- 一包药材
  one pack of medicinal material

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