化痰

huàtán

verb #68,112

Meanings

HSK 4

这种药专门用来化痰。

Zhè zhǒng yào zhuānmén yònglái huàtán.

This medicine is made specifically to clear phlegm.

HSK 7-9

中医认为冰糖炖梨能润肺化痰。

Zhōngyī rènwéi bīngtáng dùn lí néng rùnfèi huàtán.

Traditional Chinese medicine holds that pear stewed with rock sugar moistens the lungs and clears phlegm.

usage

A medicine word, seen on cough-medicine boxes as 止咳化痰 (stops coughs, clears phlegm). 化 here means "to dissolve, melt away", as in 消化 (to digest).

化 huà

痰 tán