tễ

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông uống một tễ thuốc đông y.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A pill (in traditional medicine): "tễ" refers to a small, round pill prepared according to the principles of traditional Vietnamese (Đông y) or East Asian medicine. It is a specific form of herbal medicine.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy uống một tễ thuốc bổ mỗi sáng. (He takes a tonic pill every morning.)
  • Thầy lang đã bào chế các vị thuốc thành những viên tễ nhỏ. (The herbalist prepared the medicinal ingredients into small pills.)

Advanced Usage

• "thuốc tễ": This is the most common compound term, meaning "herbal pills" or "traditional medicine pills." It specifies the type of medicine.
  • Bà tôi thường dùng thuốc tễ hơn là thuốc tây. (My grandmother often uses traditional herbal pills more than Western medicine.)

Variants and Related Words

• Viên thuốc: This is a more general, modern term for a "pill" or "tablet," typically used for Western medicine.
• Hoàn: Another term in traditional medicine for a type of round pill, often similar to "tễ."

Synonyms

• Thuốc viên: pill, tablet (more general, can be modern medicine).
• Hoàn: pill, bolus (specifically in traditional medicine contexts).

Notes on Meaning

• The word "tễ" is almost exclusively used in the context of traditional herbal medicine. It carries a cultural connotation linked to ancient preparation methods.
• In modern, everyday spoken Vietnamese (khẩu ngữ), it can be used informally to mean "a dose of medicine," as noted in the reference ("một liều thuốc").

Học thuật

noun

1. (thuốc tể) pills