Definition
传染病 (chuán rǎn bìng) specifically refers to a disease that can be transmitted from person to person, such as through air or contact. This distinguishes it from the general term 疾病 (jí bìng), which covers all illnesses, and from 瘟疫 (wēn yì), which describes a severe, widespread epidemic like the plague.
noun
infectious diseasecontagious disease
Examples
- 传染病。Zhè zhǒng chuán rǎn bìng kěyǐ tōngguò kōngqì hé jiēchù chuánbō.This kind of infectious disease can be transmitted through air and contact.
- 传染病，。Wèile yùfáng chuán rǎn bìng, hěn duō rén jiēzhòng le yìmiáo.To prevent infectious diseases, many people got vaccinated.
- 传染病。Yīyuàn ānpái le zhuānmén de dìfang lái gélí chuán rǎn bìng huànzhě.The hospital set up a special place to quarantine infectious disease patients.
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