炸药

炸藥

zhàyào

noun HSK 6 #4,396

Meanings

Explosive substance — chemicals that blow up.

Kuàngshān shǐyòng zhà yào kāicǎi.

Mines use explosives for extraction.

Zhà yào bìxū xiǎoxīn bǎoguǎn.

Explosives must be stored carefully.

Nuòbèi'ěr fāmíngle ānquán zhà yào.

Nobel invented safe dynamite.

usage

药 doesn't just mean 'medicine' — it means any chemical substance or compound. 火药 (huǒyào, gunpowder) is one of China's Four Great Inventions.

炸 zhà

药 yào