Chinese word dictionary

新冠

xīn guān · novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒|新型冠状病毒[xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2]) (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)

Word information

Simplified新冠
Traditional新冠
Pinyinxīn guān
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 新冠

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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