流调

流調

liúdiào

noun

Meanings

1 epidemiological investigation
2 contact-tracing interview (public health)

Characters

(epidemic) spread; flow

Examples

疾控中心给他做了流调。

Jíkòng zhōngxīn gěi tā zuò le liúdiào.

The CDC conducted an epidemiological survey with him.

请如实配合流调工作。

Qǐng rúshí pèihé liúdiào gōngzuò.

Please cooperate truthfully with the contact-tracing work.

那份流调报告公布了他一整天的行程。

Nà fèn liúdiào bàogào gōngbù le tā yì zhěngtiān de xíngchéng.

That tracing report disclosed his entire day's movements.

Tips

usage

Abbreviation of 流行病学调查 (epidemiological investigation). Went from specialist jargon to everyday vocabulary during the 2020–2022 COVID response, when publicly released 流调报告 traced the movements of confirmed cases.

Stroke Order

流 liú

调 tiáo