yàoyòng

药用

Word · VerbTraditional藥用

medicinal; pharmaceutical

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to be used as medicine; to serve a medicinal purpose

Often functions attributively to modify nouns, forming compounds such as 药用植物 (medicinal plants) or 药用价值 (medicinal value).

Zhè这
zhǒng种
jūn菌
kě可
yǐ以
yào药
yòng用
 。

This type of fungus can be used as medicine.

Jú菊
huā花
yǒu有
yào药
yòng用
jià价
zhí值
 。

Chrysanthemums have medicinal value.

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Xǔ许
duō多
yě野
shēng生
zhí植
wù物
zài在
dāng当
dì地
bèi被
yào药
yòng用
 。

Many wild plants are used medicinally in the local area.

Yào药
yòng用
jūn菌
de的
shì市
chǎng场
xū需
qiú求
zhèng正
zài在
zēng增
zhǎng长
 。

The market demand for medicinal fungi is growing.