Rx is a written sign that means prescription: the order a doctor writes so a pharmacy can give you medicine. You see it on bottles, on pharmacy windows, and at the top of a medicine form, especially in American English.

Rx is a written sign that means prescriptionRx是代表「處方」的一個書寫符號 the order a doctor writes也就是醫生開立的醫囑 so a pharmacy can give you medicine讓藥局可以照著給藥 You see it on bottles你會在藥瓶上看到它 on pharmacy windows在藥局的窗口上 and at the top of a medicine form還有在藥單的最上面 especially in American English尤其是在美式英文裡

People almost never say the letters R-X in ordinary talk; they say prescription.

People almost never say the letters R-X in ordinary talk平常說話幾乎沒有人會唸出R-X這兩個字母 they say prescription大家會直接說prescription（處方）

Though actually the tidy idea “Rx = the letters R and X” is already a little too neat. It is an old handwritten sign, not two English initials you are meant to sound out.

Though actually the tidy idea不過其實這個聽起來很整齊的說法 “Rx = the letters R and X”「Rx＝R和X這兩個字母」 is already a little too neat其實已經有點太簡化了 It is an old handwritten sign它其實是一個古老的手寫符號 not two English initials you are meant to sound out不是要你唸出來的兩個英文字母縮寫

It is most often explained as coming from Latin recipe, “take,” which doctors used to write at the top of a medicine order — the same Latin word behind English recipe. Some people tell a different story, linking the sign to an old symbol for the god Jupiter; scholars do not all agree, so hold that lightly.

It is most often explained as coming from Latin recipe, “take,”最常見的說法是它來自拉丁文recipe，意思是「拿取」 which doctors used to write at the top of a medicine order以前醫生會把它寫在藥方的最上面 — the same Latin word behind English recipe這也是英文recipe（食譜）這個字背後的同一個拉丁字 Some people tell a different story也有人說法不同 linking the sign to an old symbol for the god Jupiter把這個符號和古代代表朱庇特神的符號連在一起 scholars do not all agree學者們的看法並不一致 so hold that lightly所以這個說法聽聽就好

In a Taiwan clinic you will hear 開藥 or see 處方箋; Rx is the mark on the English-style label.

In a Taiwan clinic you will hear 開藥 or see 處方箋在台灣的診所你會聽到「開藥」或看到「處方箋」 Rx is the mark on the English-style labelRx則是英式標籤上會出現的符號