免疫功能

miǎnyì gōngnéng

noun

Meanings

1 immune function
2 immunity

Characters

to exempt, avoid

function, merit

ability, capacity

Examples

熬夜会降低免疫功能。

Áoyè huì jiàngdī miǎnyì gōngnéng.

Staying up late lowers immune function.

老年人的免疫功能通常较弱。

Lǎoniánrén de miǎnyì gōngnéng tōngcháng jiào ruò.

Elderly people's immune function is usually weaker.

Tips

memory

免 = to exempt, 疫 = epidemic/plague. 免疫 literally = 'exempt from plague' — a surprisingly direct way to describe immunity.

Stroke Order

免 miǎn

疫 yì

功 gōng

能 néng