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新冠

Mandarin · pinyin xīn guān

novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒 xīn xíng guān zhuàng bìng dú) (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
冠: guān · cap, crown, headgear

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1–1 · xin1 guan1

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san1 gun1

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noun · Etymology 1

(pathology) short for 新冠肺炎 (xīnguān fèiyán, “COVID-19”)
(virology) short for 新冠病毒 (xīnguān bìngdú, “SARS-CoV-2”)

name · Etymology 2

(～町) Niikappu (a town in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

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