种痘

種痘
zhòngdòu
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to vaccinate against smallpox
  2. 2 smallpox vaccination

Examples

HSK 6
Tiānhuā bèi xiāomiè yǐhòu, rénmen jiù búzài zhòngdòu le.
Once smallpox was wiped out, people stopped being vaccinated against it.
HSK 7-9
Wǒ xiǎoshíhou zhòngdòu liúxià de bā hái zài.
The scar from my childhood smallpox vaccination is still there.

Tips

mistakes
种 is read zhòng here, "to plant, to inoculate", not zhǒng. Long before the cowpox vaccine, Chinese doctors inoculated children with matter from smallpox scabs, called 人痘. Jenner's cowpox method, 牛痘, reached China in 1805, and 种牛痘 took its place.

Stroke Order

种 zhǒng
痘 dòu