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health code

health code noun: a QR code identifying someone's risk level during the COVID-19 pandemic in the PRC, colored in green, yellow, or red in increasing danger.

Noun

health code (plural health codes)

  1. (China) A QR code identifying someone's risk level during the COVID-19 pandemic in the PRC, colored in green, yellow, or red in increasing danger.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see health, code.

Forms of health code

pluralhealth codes

Origin of health code

Calque of Chinese 健康碼 /健康码 (jiànkāngmǎ).

Questions about health code

What does health code mean?
Health code means a QR code identifying someone's risk level during the COVID-19 pandemic in the PRC, colored in green, yellow, or red in increasing danger.
What part of speech is health code?
Health code is a noun.
What is the plural of health code?
The plural of health code is health codes.

Words near health code in the dictionary

  1. health centers
  2. health centre
  3. health centres
  4. health club
  5. health clubs
  6. health code
  7. health codes
  8. health education
  9. health farm
  10. health farms
  11. health faucet

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