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处方

chǔ fāng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 處方

处方 (chǔ fāng) means "medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 处方 means

1. medical prescription
2. to write out a prescription
3. (fig.) recommendation
4. advice

The characters in 处方

• 处chǔto reside; to live; to dwell
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 请阅读处方。
  Please read the prescription.
• 那个药的话没有处方是买不到的。
  Nà ge yào de huà méiyǒu chǔfāng shì mǎibudào de.
  You cannot purchase this medicine without a prescription.
• 如果汤姆不吃处方药，他的健康状况可能会恶化。
  Rúguǒ Tāngmǔ bù chī chǔfāng yào, tā de jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng kěnéng huì èhuà.
  If Tom doesn't take the prescribed medicine, his state of health might deteriorate.
• 如果汤姆不服用处方药，他的健康状况可能会恶化。
  Rúguǒ Tāngmǔ bù fúyòng chǔfāng yào, tā de jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng kěnéng huì èhuà.
  If Tom doesn't take the prescribed medicine, his state of health might deteriorate.

Words starting with 处方

• 处方药chǔ fāng yàoprescription drug

Words containing 处方

• 非处方药fēi chǔ fāng yàoover-the-counter drug; OTC drug

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