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严重急性呼吸系统综合症

yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-d2237588f6774bd7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症 严重急性呼吸系统综合症 [yan2 zhong4 ji2 xing4 hu1 xi1 xi4 tong3 zong1 he2 zheng4] /severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)/

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Other forms in these source records: 嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症

  • 严
    yán

    tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father

    Yán

    surname Yan

  • 重
    chóng

    to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

    zhòng

    heavy / serious / to attach importance to

  • 急
    jí

    urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious

  • 性
    xìng

    nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 呼
    hū

    to call / to cry / to shout / to breath out / to exhale / to call out

  • 吸
    xī

    to breathe / to suck in / to absorb / to inhale

  • 系
    xì

    to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) / system / department / faculty / to arrest / to worry

    jì

    to tie / to fasten / to button up

  • 统
    tǒng

    to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

  • 综
    zèng

    heddle / Taiwan pr. [zòng]

    zōng

    (bound form) to synthesize / to combine / Taiwan pr. [zòng]

  • 合
    gě

    100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

    hé

    to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale

  • 症
    zhèng

    disease / illness

    zhēng

    abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.