口服

kǒufú

verb #37,674

Meanings

1 to take orally (medicine)
2 oral (administration)
3 (literary) to admit defeat in words

Characters

to take (medicine)

Examples

这种药每天口服三次。

Zhè zhǒng yào měitiān kǒufú sān cì.

Take this medicine orally three times a day.

药盒上写着'口服'。

Yàohé shàng xiě zhe 'kǒufú'.

The pill box says 'for oral use.'

Tips

usage

Contrast with 外用 (wàiyòng, topical), 注射 (zhùshè, injection), 吸入 (xīrù, inhalation). Chinese drug labels use 口服 as the default — seeing it tells you the dosing route before you even read the instructions.

Stroke Order

口 kǒu

服 fú