食物及药品管理局

Traditional form:

食物及藥品管理局

Pinyin (reading):

shíwùjíyàopǐnguǎnlǐjú

Definitions:

• US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)

Characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 药 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
• 品 - article, good, product; commodity; quality, character
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation

Traditional characters:

• 食 - food; to eat
• 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
• 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
• 藥 - drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
• 品 - article, good, product; commodity; quality, character
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 理 - science, reason, logic; to manage
• 局 - bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation