严重急性呼吸系统综合症

yán zhòng jí xìng hū xī xì tǒng zōng hé zhèng

severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

yán

tight (closely sealed)

zhòng

heavy

urgent

xìng

nature

variant of 呼[hu1]

to breathe

to connect

tǒng

to gather

zōng

(bound form) to synthesize; to combine

variant of 合[he2]

zhèng

disease