膏药

膏藥
gāoyao
noun #30,675

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 medicated plaster
  2. 2 herbal patch (applied to skin for pain or injury)

Examples

HSK 4
Nǎinai yāo téng, tiē le kuài gāoyao.
Grandma's back hurts; she put on a medicated plaster.
HSK 7-9
膏药肩周炎有效
Zhè zhǒng gāoyao duì jiānzhōuyán yǒuxiào.
This plaster works for frozen shoulder.

Tips

culture
膏药 is a staple of traditional Chinese medicine - black herbal paste on fabric, applied to aches in the back, shoulders or knees. Street stalls selling 狗皮膏药 ('dog-skin plasters') at temple fairs gave rise to the idiom 狗皮膏药 meaning 'cheap quack remedy' or, by extension, anyone hawking dubious stuff.
mistakes
The measure word is ('patch/paste'), matching the verb 膏药 (to stick on a plaster). Don't use .

Stroke Order

gāo
yào