甲肝

jiǎgān

noun #67,368

Meanings

1 hepatitis A
2 Hep A

Characters

first (Heavenly Stem); type A

Examples

HSK 5

甲肝主要通过不干净的食物和水传播。

Jiǎgān zhǔyào tōngguò bù gānjing de shíwù hé shuǐ chuánbō.

Hepatitis A spreads mainly through contaminated food and water.

HSK 7-9

我小时候打过甲肝疫苗。

Wǒ xiǎoshíhou dǎ guo jiǎgān yìmiáo.

I had the hepatitis A vaccine as a child.

Tips

memory

Short for 甲型肝炎, "type-A hepatitis". The Heavenly Stems 甲, 乙 and 丙 serve as A, B and C, giving 甲肝, 乙肝 and 丙肝.

history

In early 1988 about 300,000 people in Shanghai caught hepatitis A after eating blood clams (毛蚶) that were raw or only briefly scalded, one of the largest outbreaks on record.

Stroke Order

甲 jiǎ

肝 gān