truyền nhiễm
Definition
Adjective:
- Infectious / Contagious: Describes a disease, condition, or influence that can be transmitted from one person, organism, or thing to another, typically through direct or indirect contact.
- Transmissible: Capable of being passed on or spread.
Verb (less common):
- To infect / To transmit: The act of causing something, especially a disease or an idea, to spread to others.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cúm là một bệnh truyền nhiễm. (Influenza is an infectious disease.)
- Sự lạc quan của cô ấy thật sự truyền nhiễm. (Her optimism is truly contagious.)
- Verb:
- Loại virus này có thể truyền nhiễm qua không khí. (This type of virus can be transmitted through the air.)
Advanced Usage
- Used in formal, medical, and sociological contexts to describe the spread of pathogens, emotions, behaviors, or information.
- "bệnh truyền nhiễm": infectious disease; contagious disease.
- Các bệnh truyền nhiễm thường được kiểm soát bằng vắc-xin. (Infectious diseases are often controlled by vaccines.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lây nhiễm (v): to infect, to become infected.
- Vi khuẩn có thể lây nhiễm qua vết thương hở. (Bacteria can infect through open wounds.)
- Sự truyền nhiễm (n): infection, transmission.
- Sự truyền nhiễm của bệnh đã được ngăn chặn. (The transmission of the disease has been contained.)
Synonyms
- Contagious: (of a disease) spread by direct or indirect contact.
- Infectious: (of a disease or its cause) likely to be transmitted through the environment.
- Communicable: (of a disease) able to be transmitted from one person to another.
Related Idioms
- Truyền nhiễm thói quen: to pass on a habit (metaphorical use).
- Anh ấy truyền nhiễm thói quen đọc sách cho cả nhóm. (He passed on the habit of reading to the whole group.)