传染病 (chuán rǎn bìng) — infectious disease, contagious disease
Definition
A disease that spreads from person to person (or animal to person). Narrower than 疾病 (any illness); 瘟疫 is more literary and refers specifically to large-scale plagues.
noun
infectious diseasecontagious disease
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 传染病。Zhè zhǒng chuán rǎn bìng kě yǐ tōng guò kōng qì hé jiē chù chuán bō.This kind of infectious disease can be transmitted through air and contact.
- 传染病，。Wèi le yù fáng chuán rǎn bìng, hěn duō rén jiē zhòng le yì miáo.To prevent infectious diseases, many people got vaccinated.
- 传染病。Yī yuàn ān pái le zhuān mén de dì fāng lái gé lí chuán rǎn bìng huàn zhě.The hospital set up a special place to quarantine infectious disease patients.
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