Sunday, August 30, 2020

Mandarin Chinese Lesson 211 – CovID19

 Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 211 – CovID19

 


Hello, everyone. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Today, we will learn some knowledge about CovID19

jīn tiān wǒ men lái liǎo jiè yī xià yǒu guān CovID19

                            CovID19

de yī xiē zhōng wén zhī shì ba! xiān cóng míng zì

                    吧!先               

kāi shǐ ba, dà jiā dōu yǐ jīng zhī dào le CovID19 de

    ,                CovID19

zhōng wén míng zì le ba. nà shì shén me ne? duì,

               字了 吧。那          呢?  对,

jiù shì 2019 guān zhuàng bìng dú bìng.

   2019                      病。

 

jí bìng:2019 guān zhuàng bìng dú bìng (COVID-19)

病:2019                       病(COVID-19

Disease: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

 

bìng dú: yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī zòng hé zhēng guān

      毒:                              

zhuàng bìng dú 2(SARS-CoV-2)

              2SARS-CoV-2 

Virus: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

zài COVID-19 zhōng,“CO” dài biǎo “guān zhuàng”,

 COVID-19    中,“CO”代      “冠         状”、

“VI” dài biǎo “bìng dú”,  yǐ jí “D”  dài biǎo “jí bìng”.

“VI”代     “病   ”,  以及“D”代   表“疾  病”。

In COVID-19, "CO" stands for "corona", "VI" stands for "virus", and "D" stands for "disease".

chuán rǎn yuán

           Source of infection

qián fú qí

    incubation/latent period.

bìng dú chuán bò tú jìng

                 

The route of transmission of virus

gǎn rǎn

感 染 (Infection)

sù zhǔ

宿   host

yì gǎn rén qún

      susceptible/vulnerable population

fèi yán

  pneumonia

wú zhèng zhuàng de qián fú qí

                        

silent/asymptomatic incubation period

bìng dú xié dài zhě

             virus carrier

chāo jí chuán bò zhě

               superspreader

a superspreader is an individual who is more likely to infect others, compared with a typical infected person. 

què zhěn bìng lì

             confirmed case 

 yí sì bìng lì

    suspected case

shū rù xìng bìng lì

           imported case

yì qíng

  epidemic; outbreak 

yì qū

疫区 affected area

fā rè bìng rén

     patients with fever; fever patients

zhòng zhèng bìng rén

                severe case

fā bìng lǜ

    incidence rate 

sǐ wáng lǜ

      mortality rate 

bìng sǐ lǜ

     率(致死率) fatality/mortality/death rate

zhì yù lǜ

recovery rate

tǐ wēn jiǎn cè

     to check body temperature

zǎo fā xiàn, zǎo gé lí

  现、    early detection and early isolation

zì wǒ gé lí

隔离

to quarantine yourself in your home; self-monitored quarantine 

hé suān jiǎn cè

         nucleic acid testing (NAT) 

yì miáo

  vaccine

xiāo dú

消 毒 disinfection

fā rè

发热fever

fá lì

乏力fatigue

gān ké

    dry cough

tóu téng

     headache

Ě xīn xiǎng tǔ

恶心       nausea

fù xiè

diarrhea

xiāo dú yè

      disinfectant; antiseptic solution

xiāo dú shī jīn

        湿

 disinfectant/antiseptic wipes

hán jiǔ jīng xǐ shǒu yè

              alcohol-based hand rub/sanitizer

dài kǒu zhào

        to wear a mask

kǒu zhào

     facemask; mask 

yī yòng wài kē kǒu zhào

               surgical mask 

fáng hù fú

防  护服protective suit

hù mù jìng

      goggles

yī cì xìng shǒu tào

一次            disposable gloves

yǎn jīng     yǎn jìng

                

Hope you all are well and please keep safe and strong!


Ok, that is all for today.

   xiè   xiè (Thanks!)

     

   zài  jiàn  (See you next time!)