新药

新藥
xīnyào
  1. (medicine) Western medicine
  2. (medicine) new medicine
  3. Western medicine
  4. new medicine

Wiktionary

Examples

这个新药救了他的命。

The new medicine saved his life.

Source: Tatoeba

病人吃了新药后没觉得好些了。

The patient, despite having taken the new medication, didn't feel any better.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 新 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiāpō
  3. surname Xin
=1 新 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
=2 药 yào
  1. leaf of the iris
  2. variant of 药 yào
=2 药 yào
  1. medicine
  2. drug
  3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. to poison

classifiers: 種, 服, 味