禽流感病毒

qínliúgǎnbìngdú

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

科学家正在研究禽流感病毒的变异。

Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū qínliúgǎn bìngdú de biànyì.

Scientists are researching mutations of the avian influenza virus.

HSK 7-9

H5N1是一种致命的禽流感病毒。

H5N1 Shì yī zhǒng zhìmìng de qínliúgǎn bìngdú.

H5N1 is a deadly avian influenza virus.

memory

禽 = fowl/bird (as in 家禽 poultry), 流感 = flu (contraction of 流行性感冒), 病毒 = virus. So literally 'bird-flu-virus' stacked transparently.

禽 qín

流 liú

感 gǎn

病 bìng

毒 dú