口服

kǒufú

verb #37,674

Meanings

1 to take orally (medicine)
2 oral (administration)
3 (literary) to admit defeat in words

Characters

to take (medicine)

Examples

这种药每天口服三次。

Zhèzhǒng yào měitiān kǒufú sān cì.

Take this medicine orally three times a day.

药盒上写着'口服'。

Yào hé shàng xiě zhe ' kǒufú '.

The pill box says 'for oral use.'

Tips

usage

Contrast with 外用 (wàiyòng, topical), 注射 (zhùshè, injection), 吸入 (xīrù, inhalation). Chinese drug labels use 口服 as the default — seeing it tells you the dosing route before you even read the instructions.

Stroke Order

口 kǒu

服 fú