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药片 yào piàn （medicinal tablet）药丸 yào wán （pill）胶囊 jiāonáng （medical capsule）
@ellen_counsellor: It's interesting that there are so many different words for medicine in Chinese. I would have said that in English pill/capsule or pill/tablet were synonyms.
Posted on: Medicine Doses
January 6, 2010 at 8:56 AM药片 yào piàn （medicinal tablet）
药丸 yào wán （pill）
胶囊 jiāonáng （medical capsule）
@ellen_counsellor: It's interesting that there are so many different words for medicine in Chinese. I would have said that in English pill/capsule or pill/tablet were synonyms.