Meaning
ailment; sickness; illness; disease; fall ill; sick
Chinese: 疾病、生病。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “bing” becomes a different word in each tone. 病 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 病人bìng rénsick person; patient; invalid
- 生病shēng bìngto fall ill
- 看病kàn bìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
- 毛病máo bìngfault; defect; shortcomings; ailment
- 病毒bìng dúvirus
Example Sentence
他生病了，今天没来上课。Tā shēng bìng le, jīn tiān méi lái shàng kè.He is sick and did not come to class today.
他Tāhe生病shēng bìngto fall ill了le(completed action)，今天jīn tiāntoday没méinot来láito come上课shàng kèto go to class。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The sickness radical 疒 (a person on a bed) plus 丙 (bǐng, sound): to be unwell — ‘illness / sick’.
A way to remember it
Laid up in the sickbed radical 疒 — illness.
Easy to confuse with
- 痛‘Pain’: the same sickness radical 疒, but with 甬 as the sound.