爱滋

愛滋

àizī

noun #18,308

Meanings

1 AIDS (loanword)
2 short for 爱滋病

Characters

love (phonetic for ai in AIDS)

to breed; to grow (phonetic)

Examples

爱滋病是一种严重的传染病。

Àizībìng shì yì zhǒng yánzhòng de chuánrǎnbìng.

AIDS is a serious infectious disease.

预防爱滋非常重要。

Yùfáng àizī fēicháng zhòngyào.

Preventing AIDS is very important.

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usage

Short for 爱滋病 (àizībìng). The standard spelling is 艾滋 (àizī), but 爱滋 is an alternate form. Both are understood.

Stroke Order

爱 ài

滋 zī