次密接

cìmìjiē

noun

Meanings

1 secondary close contact (epidemiology)
2 close contact of a close contact

Characters

secondary; order

Examples

他被判定为次密接,需要居家观察。

Tā bèi pàndìng wéi cìmìjiē, xūyào jūjiā guānchá.

He was classified as a secondary close contact and had to isolate at home.

次密接的管控措施比密接宽松一些。

Cìmìjiē de guǎnkòng cuòshī bǐ mìjiē kuānsōng yīxiē.

Control measures for secondary close contacts are looser than for primary close contacts.

Tips

history

Abbreviation of 次级密切接触者. The term became widely used in China during the 2020–2022 COVID-19 response as part of the 密接 / 次密接 / 时空伴随者 contact-tracing hierarchy.

Stroke Order

次 cì

密 mì

接 jiē