流行病

liúxíngbìng

noun #24,539

Measure Word

一场流行病 cháng

Meanings

1 epidemic disease
2 epidemic
3 infectious disease

Characters

to flow; to spread

to spread; to circulate; prevalent

disease; illness

Examples

政府采取紧急措施控制流行病的蔓延。

Zhèngfǔ cǎiqǔ jǐnjí cuòshī kòngzhì liúxíngbìng de mànyán.

The government took emergency measures to control the spread of the epidemic.

历史上，鼠疫是造成大量死亡的流行病之一。

Lìshǐ shàng, shǔyì shì zàochéng dàliàng sǐwáng de liúxíngbìng zhī yī.

Historically, the bubonic plague was one of the epidemics that caused massive death tolls.

Tips

usage

流行病 refers to an epidemic (widespread in a region). A global pandemic is 大流行病 (dà liúxíngbìng) or 全球性流行病. The academic field of epidemiology is 流行病学 (liúxíngbìngxué).

Stroke Order

流 liú

行 xíng

病 bìng