服用

fúyòng

verb HSK 7 #4,488

Meanings

1 to take (medicine)
2 to administer orally

Characters

to take (medicine); to swallow

Literally 'take and use' — specifically for ingesting medicine. 服 alone has this medical meaning in classical Chinese.

Examples

请按医嘱服用药物。

Qǐng àn yīzhǔ fúyòng yàowù.

Please take the medicine as prescribed by the doctor.

这种药每天服用两次。

Zhè zhǒng yào měitiān fúyòng liǎng cì.

This medicine should be taken twice a day.

Tips

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服用 is the formal/medical term for taking medicine — you'll see it on prescription labels and medical instructions. In casual speech, people just say 吃药 (chīyào, eat medicine).

Stroke Order

服 fú

用 yòng