耐药

耐藥
nàiyào
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 drug-resistant
  2. 2 to be resistant to a drug

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhèzhǒng xìjūn duì chángyòng kàngshēngsù dōu nàiyào le.
This bacterium has become resistant to the commonly used antibiotics.
HSK 7-9
Nàiyào jiéhébìng de zhìliáo fēicháng kùnnán.
Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis is very difficult.

Tips

usage
Used both as a property ('is drug-resistant', 细菌耐药) and as a modifier (耐药结核病 drug-resistant TB). The full abstract-noun form is 耐药性.

Stroke Order

nài
yào