人类免疫缺陷病毒

Traditional form:

人類免疫缺陷病毒

Pinyin (reading):

rénlèimiǎnyìquēxiànbìngdú

Definitions:

• human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade
• 疫 - epidemic, plague, pestilence
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 陷 - to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 毒 - poison, venom; drug, narcotic

Traditional characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 類 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
• 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade
• 疫 - epidemic, plague, pestilence
• 缺 - to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
• 陷 - to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 毒 - poison, venom; drug, narcotic