艾滋病毒

àizībìngdú

noun #19,044

Meanings

1 HIV
2 human immunodeficiency virus
3 AIDS virus

Characters

phonetic (for 'AI')

phonetic (for 'DS')

disease; illness

Examples

艾滋病毒可以通过血液传播。

Àizībìngdú kěyǐ tōngguò xuèyè chuánbō.

HIV can be transmitted through blood.

科学家们一直在研究艾滋病毒的疫苗。

Kēxuéjiā men yìzhí zài yánjiū àizībìngdú de yìmiáo.

Scientists have been researching an HIV vaccine.

Tips

usage

艾滋 is a phonetic transliteration of 'AIDS'. 艾滋病毒 (the virus) is distinguished from 艾滋病 (the disease/condition AIDS).

Stroke Order

艾 ài

滋 zī

病 bìng

毒 dú