诺罗病毒

諾羅病毒

nuòluóbìngdú

noun

Meanings

1 norovirus
2 a highly contagious virus causing acute gastroenteritis

Characters

(phonetic 'no')

(phonetic 'ro')

illness; disease

poison; (here) virus

Examples

学校爆发了诺罗病毒疫情。

Xuéxiào bàofāle nuòluó bìngdú yìqíng.

A norovirus outbreak hit the school.

诺罗病毒主要通过受污染的食物传播。

Nuòluó bìngdú zhǔyào tōngguò shòu wūrǎn de shíwù chuánbō.

Norovirus is mainly transmitted through contaminated food.

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Phonetic loan from English 'noro-' + 病毒 'virus'. Mainland China also uses 诺如病毒 (nuòrú bìngdú) — same virus, slightly different transliteration. 诺罗 is the Taiwan-leaning form.

Stroke Order

诺 nuò

罗 luó

病 bìng

毒 dú