耐药

耐藥

nàiyào

verb

Meanings

1 drug-resistant
2 to be resistant to a drug

Characters

endure, tolerate

Examples

这种细菌对常用抗生素都耐药了。

Zhèzhǒng xìjūn duì chángyòng kàngshēngsù dōu nàiyào le.

This bacterium has become resistant to the commonly used antibiotics.

耐药结核病的治疗非常困难。

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

耐 nài

药 yào