蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫

藍氏賈第鞭毛蟲

Lánshìjiǎdìbiānmáochóng

noun

Meanings

1 Giardia lamblia
2 a flagellated protozoan that causes giardiasis in the small intestine

Characters

blue (phonetic, for Lambl)

merchant (phonetic, for Giard)

ordinal (phonetic)

Examples

HSK 7-9

蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫是引起旅行者腹泻的常见原因之一。

Lánshìjiǎdìbiānmáochóng shì yǐnqǐ lǚxíngzhě fùxiè de chángjiàn yuányīn zhīyī.

Giardia lamblia is one of the common causes of traveller's diarrhoea.

HSK 7-9

饮用未经处理的水可能感染蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫。

Yǐnyòng wèijīng chǔlǐ de shuǐ kěnéng gǎnrǎn Lánshìjiǎdìbiānmáochóng.

Drinking untreated water can lead to Giardia lamblia infection.

Tips

history

蓝氏 honours Vilém Lambl, the 19th-century Czech physician who first described the parasite; 贾第 transliterates 'Giardia,' named for French zoologist Alfred Giard. Together they reconstruct the full Latin binomial Giardia lamblia (also called Giardia intestinalis).

Stroke Order

蓝 lán

氏 shì

贾 jiǎ

第 dì

鞭 biān

毛 máo

虫 chóng