艾滋病

Chinese

AIDS; HIV
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
trad. (艾滋病) 艾滋
simp. #(艾滋病) 艾滋

Etymology

Adopted in Mainland China as the new translation of "AIDS". See 愛滋病 for more. In some varieties in Mainland China, such as Hokkien and Teochew, is irregularly pronounced as  / .

Pronunciation


Noun

艾滋病

  1. (chiefly Mainland China) AIDS
    一個艾滋病感染者 [MSC, trad.]
    一个艾滋病感染者 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ shì yīge àizībìng gǎnrǎnzhě. [Pinyin]
    I am HIV positive.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Zhuang: aiswhbing