艾 ài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
艾滋病
àizībìng
AIDS; HIV/AIDS
Characters in this word
滋 zī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 兹 now, here
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
病 bìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 丙 third
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 随着药物治疗不断进步，艾滋病已经不再等同于绝望，但社会偏见仍然伤人。 Suízhe yàowù zhìliáo bùduàn jìnbù, àizībìng yǐjīng bù zài děngtóng yú juéwàng, dàn shèhuì piānjiàn réngrán shāng rén. As drug treatments continue to improve, AIDS is no longer equivalent to despair, but social prejudice still hurts people.
- 医生耐心地向大家解释艾滋病的传播途径。 Yīshēng nàixīn de xiàng dàjiā jiěshì àizībìng de chuánbō tújìng. The doctor patiently explained to everyone how AIDS is transmitted.
- 我们不应该歧视艾滋病患者，他们同样需要关心和尊重。 Wǒmen bù yīnggāi qíshì àizībìng huànzhě, tāmen tóngyàng xūyào guānxīn hé zūnzhòng. We should not discriminate against people with AIDS; they need care and respect just like everyone else.
Related words
- 美滋滋 měizīzī delighted; pleased with oneself
- 滋润 zīrùn moist; to nourish; to moisten
- 滋生 zīshēng to breed; to foster; to multiply
- 滋味 zīwèi flavour; taste; feeling
- 病 bìng illness; to be ill
- 病人 bìngrén patient, sick person
- 看病 kànbìng to see a doctor
- 生病 shēngbìng to fall ill
- 毛病 máobìng problem; defect
- 病毒 bìngdú virus
- 传染病 chuánrǎnbìng infectious disease
- 发病 fābìng to fall ill