| 1 | 药 | 葯 | yào | yao4 | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); Classifiers: 种 ; to poison; leaf of the iris; variant of 药 | | |
| 2 | 药物 | 藥物 | yào wù | yao4 wu4 | medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug | | |
| 3 | 农药 | 農藥 | nóng yào | nong2 yao4 | agricultural chemical; farm chemical; pesticide | | |
| 4 | 药品 | 藥品 | yào pǐn | yao4 pin3 | medicaments; medicine; drug | | |
| 5 | 医药 | 醫藥 | yī yào | yi1 yao4 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | | |
| 6 | 药材 | 藥材 | yào cái | yao4 cai2 | medicinal ingredient | | |
| 7 | 中药 | 中藥 | zhōng yào | Zhong1 yao4 | (traditional) Chinese medicine; Classifiers: 服 | | |
| 8 | 火药 | 火藥 | huǒ yào | huo3 yao4 | gunpowder | | |
| 9 | 弹药 | 彈藥 | dàn yào | dan4 yao4 | ammunition | | |
| 10 | 炸药 | 炸藥 | zhà yào | zha4 yao4 | explosive (material) | | |
| 11 | 药水 | 藥水 | yào shuǐ | Yao4 shui3 | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine; lotion; Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province | | |
| 12 | 药剂 | 藥劑 | yào jì | yao4 ji4 | medicine; medicament; drug; chemical compound | | |
| 13 | 草药 | 草藥 | cǎo yào | cao3 yao4 | herbal medicine | | |
| 14 | 红药水 | 紅藥水 | hóng yào shuǐ | hong2 yao4 shui3 | mercurochrome (antiseptic solution) | | |
| 15 | 药到病除 | 藥到病除 | yào dào bìng chú | yao4 dao4 bing4 chu2 | lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective | | |
| 16 | 特效药 | 特效藥 | tè xiào yào | te4 xiao4 yao4 | effective medicine for a specific condition; highly effective medicine | | |
| 17 | 药蜀葵 | 藥蜀葵 | yào shǔ kuí | yao4 shu3 kui2 | marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis) | | |
| 18 | 火药味 | 火藥味 | huǒ yào wèi | huo3 yao4 wei4 | smell of gunpowder; (fig.) combative tone; belligerence | | |
| 19 | 药代动力学 | 藥代動力學 | yào dài dòng lì xué | yao4 dai4 dong4 li4 xue2 | pharmacokinetics | | |
| 20 | 药物代谢动力学 | 藥物代謝動力學 | yào wù dài xiè dòng lì xué | yao4 wu4 dai4 xie4 dong4 li4 xue2 | pharmacokinetics | | |
| 21 | 不死药 | 不死藥 | bù sǐ yào | bu4 si3 yao4 | elixir of life | | |
| 22 | 药动学 | 藥動學 | yào dòng xué | yao4 dong4 xue2 | pharmacokinetics | | |
| 23 | 吃后悔药 | 吃後悔藥 | chī hòu huǐ yào | chi1 hou4 hui3 yao4 | (fig.) to regret (doing sth) | | |
| 24 | 吃错药 | 吃錯藥 | chī cuò yào | chi1 cuo4 yao4 | (lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine; (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual; abnormal | | |
| 25 | 坐药 | 坐藥 | zuò yào | zuo4 yao4 | suppository | | |