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As of this writing, deep in the year 2021, the subject of the COVID-19 pandemic has been, to say the least, on people’s minds now for a while. So, it would be good to be able to refer to it in Mandarin when speaking to people in the Mandarin field, or when speaking to our brothers and sisters in the truth.
An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19
NIAID
This week’s MEotW, “yìqíng (yì·qíng epidemic · situation (used, e.g., to refer to the COVID-19 situation) 疫情)”, which literally means “epidemic situation”, is used to refer to the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic as a whole.
Examples
For example, to say something meaning “many are worried because of the pandemic” in Mandarin, we might say:
📖 📄 📘 “Hěn (very 很) duō (many 多) rén (people 人) dōu (even 都) yīnwei (yīn·wei {because of} · {on account of} 因为 因為) yìqíng (yì·qíng epidemic · situation (used, e.g., to refer to the COVID-19 situation) 疫情) ér (thus 而) dānxīn (dān·xīn {carry on a shoulder pole → [bear (a heavy)]} · heart → [worry] 担/耽心 擔/耽心).”
To ask in Mandarin, “Have you ever wondered how we can see a world with no more pandemics?”, we might say:
📖 📄 📘 “Nǐ (you 你) yǒu (have 有) méiyǒu (méi·yǒu not · have 没有 沒有) xiǎngguo (xiǎng·guo {thinking about} · passed → [thought about] 想过 想過), wǒmen (wǒ·men we · [pl] 我们 我們) zěnyàng (zěn·yàng what · {form → [way]} → [how] 怎样 怎樣) kěyǐ (kě·yǐ can · [suf] 可以) kàndào (kàn·dào see · {arriving at} 看到) yí (one 一) ge ([mw] 个 個/个) búzài (bú·zài not · anymore 不再) yǒu (having 有) yìqíng (yì·qíng epidemic · situations 疫情) de (’ 的) shìjiè (shì·jiè world · extent → [world] 世界)?”