药店 yào diàn
“pharmacy”
noun2021 list level 2Traditional 藥店
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
药店 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 469: 药店 yàodiàn — Level 2; official annotation 2 (名). PDF page 91
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 药店
药店 is a noun meaning “pharmacy/drugstore,” a shop where you buy medicine. Use it with the classifier 家: 一家药店. Common patterns include 去药店买药 and 药店在……旁边/附近.
例句Example sentences
- 我想去药店买一点感冒药。wǒ xiǎng qù yào diàn mǎi yì diǎn gǎn mào yào.I want to go to the pharmacy to buy some cold medicine.
- 这家药店二十四小时营业。zhè jiā yào diàn èr shí sì xiǎo shí yíng yè.This pharmacy is open 24 hours.
- 药店就在医院旁边。yào diàn jiù zài yī yuàn páng biān.The pharmacy is right next to the hospital.
易混词Easily confused
药店vs药房
药房 also means “pharmacy,” but it is often used in more formal names or signs and can refer to a hospital dispensary; 药店 is the common everyday word for a shop selling medicine.