炸药

炸藥

zhàyào

noun HSK 6 #4,396

Meanings

Explosive substance - chemicals that blow up.

HSK 7-9

矿山使用炸药开采。

Kuàngshān shǐyòng zhàyào kāicǎi.

Mines use explosives for extraction.

HSK 7-9

炸药必须小心保管。

Zhàyào bìxū xiǎoxīn bǎoguǎn.

Explosives must be stored carefully.

HSK 7-9

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