流行病

Chinese

 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
trad. (流行病) 流行
simp. #(流行病) 流行

Pronunciation


Noun

流行病

  1. (medicine) epidemic; widespread disease
    地方性流行病   dìfāngxìng liúxíngbìng   endemic disease
  2. (figurative) prevalent social evil

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 2
びょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

(りゅう)(こう)(びょう) • (ryūkōbyō) 

  1. an epidemic
Synonyms

Noun

流行病(はやりやまい) • (hayariyamai) 

  1. a sudden outbreak of contagious disease

References

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