Monday, September 20, 2021

MEotW: biànzhǒng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What should we make of the variety of ways to say “variant” (as in “variant of the virus that causes COVID-19”) in Mandarin?


electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19
An electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19
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