接种疫苗

接種疫苗

jiēzhòng yìmiáo

phrase

Meanings

1 to get vaccinated
2 to administer a vaccine
3 vaccination

Characters

to plant / inoculate

seedling / vaccine

Examples

HSK 7-9

孩子要按时接种疫苗。

Háizi yào ànshí jiēzhòng yìmiáo.

Children should be vaccinated on schedule.

HSK 7-9

已经有一亿人接种了疫苗。

Yǐjīng yǒu yí yì rén jiēzhòng le yìmiáo.

One hundred million people have already been vaccinated.

Tips

mistakes

Note 种 here is pronounced zhòng (to plant/inoculate), NOT zhǒng (kind/species) or zhōng (middle). The 'plant-into-you' idea - historically 种痘 (inoculate with cowpox) - is the origin of the vaccination sense.

Stroke Order

接 jiē

种 zhǒng

疫 yì

苗 miáo