新冠

xīnguān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 novel coronavirus
  2. 2 COVID-19 (abbr.)

Examples

Wǒ qùnián dé guo xīnguān, zhèngzhuàng bú suàn tài zhòng.
I had COVID last year — symptoms weren't too severe.
Xīnguān gǎibiàn le wǒmen de gōngzuò fāngshì.
COVID changed the way we work.

Tips

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新冠 is the everyday short form of 新型病毒 (xīnxíng guānzhuàng bìngdú, novel coronavirus). In writing you'll also see 新冠肺炎 (xīnguān fèiyán, COVID pneumonia) and 新冠疫情 (xīnguān yìqíng, the COVID pandemic/outbreak).
mistakes
Read as guān (first tone, 'crown') here — it refers to the crown-shaped spike protein. Don't read as guàn (fourth tone, 'champion / to crown'); that reading appears in 冠军 (guànjūn, champion).

Stroke Order

xīn
guān