Chinese word

感染力

Pronunciation

Pinyingǎn rǎn lì

Meaning

  • nouncontagiousness

Example

这种病毒的感染力很强。zhè zhǒng bìng dú de gán rǎn lì hěn qiáng

This virus is highly contagious.

Illustration for 感染力 (contagiousness)

More examples

戴口罩可以降低病毒的感染力。dài kǒu zhào ké yǐ jiàng dī bìng dú de gán rǎn lì

Wearing a mask can reduce the virus's contagiousness.

Core concept

The spreading force that lets one infection lead to many more within a population.

Common phrases

  • 病毒的感染力bìng dú de gán rǎn lì

    the virus's contagiousness

  • 感染力强gán rǎn lì qiáng

    highly contagious

  • 增强感染力zēng qiáng gán rǎn lì

    increase contagiousness

Similar words

传染性chuán rǎn xìng: The tendency of a disease to pass easily between people or animals.
传染力chuán rǎn lì: The extent to which one infected source can spread a disease to many people.
感染率gán rǎn lǜ: The share of people in a group who become newly infected over a given period.
传播力chuán bō lì: The momentum with which a pathogen spreads among people in a population.

Definition in Chinese

在群体中导致病例增加、反映传播势头的能力或倾向。zài qún tǐ zhōng dǎo zhì bìng lì zēng jiā fǎn yìng chuán bō shì tou de néng lì huò qīng xiàng

Word origin

The compound 感染力 (gǎnrǎnlì, "contagiousness") adds 力 (lì, "force") to 感染 (gǎnrǎn, "infect"), highlighting the capacity to produce further infections.

Usage tips

  • Contagiousness can change with contact patterns and protective measures, so it does not measure a fixed level of danger in every situation.

Opposites

Related words

  • 感染gán rǎninfectverb
  • 感染者gán rán zhěinfected personnoun
  • 感染性gán rǎn xìnginfectivitynoun

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