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.

Similar
sanitary code
OriginChinese 健康碼 /健康码 →
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Meanings

nounhealth code (plural health codes)

plural health codes

  1. ChinaA 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounset of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc

Similar
sanitary code
Broader
codecodification

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Chinese健康碼 /健康码
  2. Englishhealth code

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

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APA

health code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20code

MLA

“health code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20code. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “health code,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/health%20code.

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