How to Say ‘Prescribe medicine’ in Traditional Chinese
開藥
kāi yào
[kāi yào]
💬 Usage Tip: 開 (kāi) usually means "open", but with 藥 (yào) it means "prescribe". The same use shows up in 開收據 "write a receipt".
Phrase Breakdown
開藥
kāi yào
[kāi yào]
to prescribe medicine
Verb phrase used by doctors meaning to write a prescription or give medicine.
醫生開藥給我吃。
The doctor prescribed medicine for me.
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