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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 药片

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
药片 yào piàn - a (medicine) pill or tablet
- CL:片[pian4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 7,289 32,580 21,309

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yào- leaf of the iris
- variant of 藥|药[yao4]
yào- medicine
- drug
- substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
- to poison
piān- disk
- sheet
piàn- thin piece
- flake
- a slice
- film
- TV play
- to slice
- to carve thin
- partial
- incomplete
- one-sided
- classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
- classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
- used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
- Kangxi radical 91

Other Words Containing 药片

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
药片 - 2 7,289 32,580 21,309