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艾滋病

ài zī bìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

艾滋病 (ài zī bìng) means "AIDS (loanword)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 艾滋病 means

1. loanwordAIDS

The characters in 艾滋病

• 艾àiChinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa; used in transliteration
• 滋zīto grow; to nourish; to increase
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill

Example sentences

• 我有艾滋病。
  I have HIV.
• 科学家们正努力终结艾滋病。
  Kēxuéjiā men zhèng nǔlì zhōngjié àizībìng.
  Scientists are working hard to put an end to AIDS.
• 真希望科学家们能早点找到艾滋病的治疗方法。
  Zhēn xīwàng kēxuéjiā men néng zǎodiǎn zhǎodào àizībìng de zhìliáo fāngfǎ.
  I hope that some scientist will soon discover a cure for AIDS.
• 避孕套是预防艾滋病和许多其他疾病的有效手段。
  Bìyùntào shì yùfáng àizībìng hé xǔduō qítā jíbìng de yǒuxiào shǒuduàn.
  Condoms are an effective measure to prevent HIV and many other diseases.

Words starting with 艾滋病

• 艾滋病毒ài zī bìng dúhuman immune deficiency virus (HIV); the AIDS virus
• 艾滋病病毒ài zī bìng bìng dúHIV (human immunodeficiency virus)

Sounds the same

Read ài zī bìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爱滋病variant of 艾滋病

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