炸药

炸藥

zhàyào

noun HSK 6 #4,396

Meanings

Explosive substance — chemicals that blow up.

矿山使用炸药开采。

Kuàngshān shǐyòng zhàyào kāicǎi.

Mines use explosives for extraction.

炸药必须小心保管。

Zhàyào bìxū xiǎoxīn bǎoguǎn.

Explosives must be stored carefully.

诺贝尔发明了安全炸药。

Nuòbèi'ěr fāmíng le ānquán zhàyào.

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