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人类免疫缺陷病毒

rén lèi miǎn yì quē xiàn bìng dúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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-eea32964f761ac13. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

人類免疫缺陷病毒 人类免疫缺陷病毒 [ren2 lei4 mian3 yi4 que1 xian4 bing4 du2] /human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/

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Other forms in these source records: 人類免疫缺陷病毒

  • 人
  • 类
    lèi

    kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to

  • 免
    miǎn

    to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited

    wèn

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  • 疫
    yì

    (bound form) epidemic / plague

  • 缺
    quē

    deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of

  • 陷
    xiàn

    pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect

  • 病
    bìng

    illness / CL:場|场[cháng] / disease / to fall ill / defect

  • 毒
    dú

    poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.