鹦鹉热

鸚鵡熱

yīngwǔrè

noun

Meanings

1 psittacosis
2 ornithosis
3 parrot fever (an infectious disease transmitted from birds to humans)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

鹦鹉热是一种由鸟类传染给人的疾病。

Yīngwǔrè shì yī zhǒng yóu niǎolèi chuánrǎn gěi rén de jíbìng.

Psittacosis is a disease transmitted from birds to humans.

HSK 6

他被诊断出得了鹦鹉热。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū déle yīngwǔrè.

He was diagnosed with parrot fever.

Tips

memory

Literally 'parrot fever' - a calque of the English name. Caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci, originally identified in pet parrots, but pigeons and chickens can carry it too.

Stroke Order

鹦 yīng

鹉 wǔ

热 rè