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藥材

简 药材 · 繁 藥材
Mandarin · pinyin yào cái

Meanings

  1. medicinal ingredient
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藥
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材
cái · material, stuff; timber; talent
药
yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine
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4–2 · yao4 cai2

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joek6 coi4

Cantonese word readings for 藥材. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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joek6 coi4

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) traditional Chinese medicinal materials (materia medica; including herbs, minerals and other materials that are not plant-based)
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) herbal preparation; Chinese patent medicine

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