地方性斑疹伤寒

Traditional form:

地方性斑疹傷寒

Pinyin (reading):

dìfāngxìngbānzhěnshānghán

Definitions:

• murine typhus fever

Characters:

• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 斑 - freckled, mottled, spotted, striped
• 疹 - rash, measles; fever
• 伤 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
• 寒 - chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble

Traditional characters:

• 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 斑 - freckled, mottled, spotted, striped
• 疹 - rash, measles; fever
• 傷 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
• 寒 - chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble