疫苗 yìmiáo vaccine
How to remember 疫苗: 疫 epidemic + 苗 sprouts = vaccine.
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How it is used
- A vaccine - 打疫苗 (dǎ yìmiáo) to get a vaccine shot; 新冠疫苗 (COVID vaccine).
- The verb is 打 or 接种 (jiēzhòng, to inoculate); 疫苗 is the substance itself.
- Distinguish the vaccine (疫苗) from 免疫 (miǎnyì, immunity) and 病毒 (bìngdú, virus).
Example sentences
- 我接种了流感疫苗。 Wǒ jiēzhòng le liúgǎnyìmiáo.I had a flu shot.