接触者

接觸者

jiēchùzhě

noun

Meanings

1 contact (epidemiology)
2 person who has had contact (with an infected case)

Characters

to touch / connect

Examples

HSK 7-9

所有密切接触者都要接受隔离观察。

Suǒyǒu mìqiè jiēchùzhě dōu yào jiēshòu gélí guānchá.

All close contacts must undergo quarantine observation.

HSK 7-9

流行病学调查会追踪接触者。

Liúxíngbìngxué diàochá huì zhuīzōng jiēchùzhě.

Epidemiological investigations trace contacts.

Tips

usage

密切接触者 ('close contact') became a household phrase during COVID - it meant forced quarantine and a health-code color change. The 者 suffix turns a verb phrase into a person noun (作者 author, 读者 reader, 患者 patient).

Stroke Order

接 jiē

触 chù

者 zhě