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流感

liú gǎn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

流感 (liú gǎn) means "flu; influenza". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 流感 means

1. flu; influenza

The characters in 流感

• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch

Example sentences

• 我有点流感。
  I've got a touch of the flu.
• 我接种了流感疫苗。
  Wǒ jiēzhòng le liúgǎnyìmiáo.
  I was vaccinated against the flu.
• 汤姆得了流感躺在床上。
  Tāngmǔ déle liúgǎn tǎng zài chuáng shàng.
  Tom is in bed with the flu.
• 我不需要接种流感疫苗。
  I don't need a flu shot.
• 我们全都染上了流感，连老师也不例外。
  Wǒmen quándōu rǎnshàng le liúgǎn, lián lǎoshī yě bù lìwài.
  We all caught flu, and so did the teacher.
• 我从星期一开始得了流感。现在烧虽然退了，但感觉还不是很舒服。
  Wǒ cóng Xīngqīyī kāishǐ déle liúgǎn. xiànzài shāo suīrán tuì le, dàn gǎnjué hái bù shì hěn shūfu.
  I've had the flu since Monday. Right now, my temperature has gone down, but I don't feel completely normal yet.

Words starting with 流感

• 流感病毒liú gǎn bìng dúinfluenza virus; flu virus
• 流感季liú gǎn jìflu season
• 流感疫苗liú gǎn yì miáoinfluenza vaccine

Words containing 流感

• 禽流感qín liú gǎnbird flu; avian influenza
• 克流感Kè liú gǎn(Taiwan) Tamiflu
• 功夫流感gōng fu liú gǎnChinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to…
• 猪流感zhū liú gǎnswine influenza; swine flu; influenza A (H1N1)
• 猪流感病毒zhū liú gǎn bìng dúswine influenza virus (SIV)

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