# 药材 (yàocái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 药材 (yàocái) means “medicinal ingredient; medicinal herb”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: medicinal ingredient; medicinal herb
- Pinyin: yàocái (yao4 cai2)
- Traditional: 藥材
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这座山上出产很多名贵药材。
  Zhè zuò shān shàng chūchǎn hěn duō míngguì yàocái.
  This mountain produces many precious medicinal herbs.

## Characters

- [药](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-medicine/) (yào): medicine
- 材 (cái): material; timber

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-cai-medicinal-ingredient/

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