新冠

xīnguān
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Xīnguān gǎibiàn le wǒmen de gōngzuò fāngshì.
COVID changed the way we work.
HSK 7-9
Wǒ qùnián dé guo xīnguān, zhèngzhuàng búsuàn tài zhòng.
I had COVID last year - symptoms weren't too severe.

Tips

register
新冠 is the everyday short form of 新型冠状病毒 (novel coronavirus). In writing you'll also see 新冠肺炎 (COVID pneumonia) and 新冠疫情 (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