愛滋病
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See also: 爱滋病
Chinese[edit]
caused by love; AIDS | ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect | ||
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trad. (愛滋病) | 愛滋 | 病 | |
simp. (爱滋病) | 爱滋 | 病 | |
Literally: “love-borne disease”. |
Etymology[edit]
Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS + 病 (bìng, “disease”).
This is the original translation of “AIDS”. In Mainland China, AIDS has been renamed to 艾滋病 and the use of this term is discouraged, due to its allegedly incorrect and potentially discriminatory connotation of “HIV/AIDS being transmitted by sexual contact (only)”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
愛滋病
- (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia except Singapore) AIDS
Synonyms[edit]
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