新型冠状病毒 in English xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2 Meaning

Meanings

  • novel coronavirus (particularly SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)

Simplified Characters

新 型 冠 状 病 毒

Traditional Characters

新 型 冠 狀 病 毒

Pinyin

xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

新xin1abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] 型xing2mold 冠guan1surname Guan 状zhuang4accusation 病bing4illness 毒du2poison