芍药

芍藥
sháoyào
  1. Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
  2. common herbaceous peony
  3. peony used in TCM

CEDICT

Homographs

芍药 sháoyao

Entry Composition

1 芍 sháo
  1. Chinese peony
  2. Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
=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

Related entries

芍 sháo
  1. Chinese peony
  2. Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora