Definition
用药 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to take medication' or 'to use medicine as treatment'. The verb 用 and the noun 药 can be split by measure words, durations, or adjectives: 用这种药 ('use this medicine'), 用了一个月的药 ('used medicine for a month'). It's used in medical contexts to refer to the act of applying or consuming medicine, not the medicine itself.
v.o.
to take medicationto use medicine (as treatment)
Examples
- 用药。Yīshēng jiànyì tā měitiān ànshí yòng yào.The doctor advised him to take his medication on time every day.
- ，。Tā yòng le zhè zhǒng yào yí gè yuè, xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.He used this medicine for a month, and the effect was very good.
- 。Yīshēng gěi tā yòng le sān zhǒng bùtóng de yào.The doctor gave him three different kinds of medicine.
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