Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

epidemic; plague

Chinese: 疫病、传染病。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 疫 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
  • 防疫fáng yìto prevent epidemics
  • 疫苗yì miáovaccine
  • 瘟疫wēn yìplague; pestilence
  • 疫情yì qíngepidemic situation

Example Sentence

接种疫苗可以预防很多疾病。Jiē zhòng yì miáo kě yǐ yù fáng hěn duō jí bìng.Getting vaccinated can prevent many diseases.

接种Jiē zhòngto be vaccinated疫苗yì miáovaccine可以kě yǐcan预防yù fángto preventhěnveryduōmany疾病jí bìngdisease