A multilingual terminology handbook for COVID-19

Share - WeChat

With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a large amount of medical terms that might be strange to non-native Chinese speakers suddenly started popping up on notices or in the news, and not being able to understand these signs might be a source of worry for some! To help with this, and also help facilitate cross-cultural communication as the coronavirus starts to become a global threat, we created this small COVID-19 terminology handbook to help you better understand the information being sent out from Chinese sources.

Teachers and students from the Peking University School of Foreign Languages came up with the following compilation of coronavirus related terms in eight languages: English, Russian, French, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Hindi, and Vietnamese.

Chinese - English

新型冠状病毒肺炎 novel coronavirus disease/COVID-19
传染性 infectivity
密切接触者 close contact
交叉感染 cross infection
N95口罩 N95 face-mask
医用外科口罩 surgical mask
一次性口罩 disposable mask
防护服 protective clothing/suits
护目镜 goggle
确诊病例 confirmed case
疑似病例 suspected case
发病 onset (of a disease)
死亡率 fatality rate
疫苗 vaccine
核酸检测 nucleic acid testing
发热 fever
腹泻 diarrhea
乏力 fatigue
干咳 dry cough
呼吸困难 have difficulty breathing
隔离 quarantine
体温检测 temperature measurement
突发公共卫生事件 public health emergency
减少外出 go out less (stay indoors)
关闭景点 shut down attractions
停运 out of service
科学防治 scientific prevention and control

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next   >>|