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草药

medicinal herb

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

cao3yao4 • cǎoyào

Meaning

Primary

medicinal herb

Alternatives

medicinal herbs, herb, herbs, medical herb, medical herbs

Mnemonic

草 Grass that can be used as a 药 medicine is considered a 草药 medicinal herb

Usage

他 不 认识 这 种 草药。

He doesn't recognize this type of medicinal herb.

我们 采集 了 很 多 草药。

We've gathered a lot of medicinal herbs.