Chinese virus

English Etymology From en Chinese virus. Noun ~ en colloquial sometimes _ offensive dysphemism en SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. en March 13, 2020 New York Times Trump Defends Using ‘Chinese Virus’ Label, Ignoring Growing Criticism Katie Rogers; et al. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/us/politics/china-virus.html Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, said on Twitter that “I don’t understand why China gets upset bc we refer to the virus that originated there the ‘Chinese virus’ Spain never got upset when we referred to the Spanish flu in 1918&1919.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260217090012/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/us/politics/china-virus.html 17 February 2026 en 2021 Chris Heath The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/unsolicited-seeds-china-brushing/619417/ First it was the Chinese virus, then we had the murder hornets, then we had to close the embassy in Houston because of espionage … Now we’ve got all these mystery seeds coming in in the mail. Sid Miller July 15 https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Hsa35 3 March 2022 en colloquial sometimes _ offensive dysphemism en coronavirus, the disease COVID-19. en June 16, 2020 The Federalist https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/16/contact-tracing-is-a-fiasco-rejected-by-most-americans/ Contact Tracing Is A Fiasco Rejected By Most Americans David Marcus There were supposed to be armies. Grand armies of contact tracers crisscrossing every county in the country on the hunt for the Chinese virus. https://web.archive.org/web/20260711112338/https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/16/contact-tracing-is-a-fiasco-rejected-by-most-americans/ 11 July 2026 en January 22 2020 Associated Press headline https://apnews.com/92ee7eed85cde9b63b9b73fb4dc9c763 Stocks mostly recover on hope for handling of Chinese virus. https://web.archive.org/web/20200625012810/https://apnews.com/92ee7eed85cde9b63b9b73fb4dc9c763 25 June 2020 en November 13, 2020 NBC New York Natalie Pasquarella NJ Mom Stunned to See Sign About ‘Chinese Virus' — At A Doctor's Office https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-mom-stunned-to-see-sign-about-chinese-virus-at-a-doctors-office/2721372/ (quoting a sign in a doctor's office) "Dear patients: During this time period of the Chinese Virus, please observe the six foot rule of social distancing." https://web.archive.org/web/20250622114102/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-mom-stunned-to-see-sign-about-chinese-virus-at-a-doctors-office/2721372/ 22 June 2025 en 2021 Yulin Hswen; Xiang Xu; Hing, Anna; Hawkins, Jared B.; Brownstein, John S.; Gee, Gilbert C. Association of ‘#covid19’ Versus ‘#chinesevirus’ With Anti-Asian Sentiments on Twitter American Journal of Public Health 960 More importantly, the number of anti-Asian hashtags rose by 797% and 17 400% for #covid19 and #chinesevirus, respectively. This represents a combined increase from about 12 000 to almost a half a million anti-Asian hashtags. May 111 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306154 en August 18, 2021 Maria Bartiromo; Peter Doocy; Dagen McDowell Donald Trump Biden Cuts Vacation Short, Returns to White House; Mornings with Maria I don't even talk about it because when it COVID came in, which is the Chinese virus, when Chinese virus came in, that was so much bigger than anything else. I mean they owe us $20 trillion. Fox Business Network en Chinese virus A pathogen or malware originating, identified, or causing outbreaks in China. en 1938 The Chinese Medical Journal 53 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chinese_Medical_Journal/P0KFAAAAIAAJ 86 The Chinese virus seems to be more closely related to the marine type of Mexican virus than to the European virus. en 1984 William Gibson Neuromancer https://www.google.com/books/edition/Neuromancer/Bd_UZAdvUDIC 231 The Chinese virus has completely penetrated the fabric of the Hosaka. en 1990 https://www.google.com/books/edition/China_Report/pPcrAAAAMAAJ China Report: Science and Technology It said that the "No 1 Chinese virus," a new kind of computer virus made by a college student through modifying an imported foreign virus in South China's Guangdong Province had already spread to many of the province's important units. en 2008 Ciba Foundation Novel Diarrhoea Viruses https://www.google.com/books/edition/Novel_Diarrhoea_Viruses/bjiaoijUdcgC 41 We had great difficulty with the Chinese virus at first. en 2009 Paul Roberts The End of Food https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_End_of_Food/yi2GMOwpOLsC 198 for the Chinese virus to find its way into the ducks of the Red River delta or Mekong Delta or the central plains of Thailand, it helps a lot if, in between those places, you have lots of hugely susceptible chickens. Usage notes Particularly in the United States during COVID-19, where the term was popularized by Donald Trump President Trump to highlight the origins of the virus.March 23, 2020 Trump defends calling coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’ Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/newsfeed/2020/03/trump-defends-calling-coronavirus-chinese-virus-200323102618665.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201014051128/https://www.aljazeera.com/program/episode/2020/3/23/trump-defends-calling-coronavirus-the-chinese-virus/ October 14, 2020 Some members of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have reportedly also used the term for similar reasons.May 3, 2020 In Hong Kong, Protesters Embrace 'Chinese Virus' to Snub Communist Party Censors, Not Stir Racism Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/hong-kong-protesters-embrace-chinese-virus-snub-communist-party-censors-not-stir-racism-1501625%3Famp%3D1 20 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023232327/https://www.newsweek.com/hong-kong-protesters-embrace-chinese-virus-snub-communist-party-censors-not-stir-racism-1501625?amp=1 23 October 2021 Related terms en China virus, en Wuhan virus, Wuhanvirus genus, en Wuhan coronavirus, en Wuhan flu, en kung flu Translations Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 中國病毒 Zhōngguó bìngdú explanatory translation German: de chinesischer Virus m, de chinesisches Virus n, de China-Virus m n, de Chinavirus m n Japanese: ja 武漢肺炎 Bukan haien, ja 武漢ウイルス Bukan uirusu Polish: pl chiński wirus m-in References en Types of coronaviruses Viruses Pathology Donald Trump en adjective-noun compound nouns