密切接触者

密切接觸者

mìqiè jiēchùzhě

noun

Measure Word

一名密切接触者 míng

Meanings

1 close contact (epidemiology)
2 person who had close contact with an infected individual

Characters

to connect / receive

Examples

所有密切接触者都要隔离十四天。

Suǒyǒu mìqiè jiēchùzhě dōu yào gélí shísì tiān.

All close contacts must quarantine for fourteen days.

社区正在追踪密切接触者。

Shèqū zhèngzài zhuīzōng mìqiè jiēchùzhě.

The community is tracing close contacts.

Tips

usage

Public-health jargon that went mainstream during COVID. 密切接触 means 'close contact'; adding 者 ('person') makes it the labeled person — contrast with plain 接触者 which is less specific.

Stroke Order

密 mì

切 qiē

接 jiē

触 chù

者 zhě