病

Illness in Chinese: 病 (bìng)

bìng

illness

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Definitions

  1. 1illness
  2. 2disease
  3. 3to fall ill
  4. 4defect

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病

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧㄥˋ

bìng

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他昨天生病了。

    tā zuó tiān shēng bìng le。

    He fell ill yesterday.

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Related words

生病

shēng bìng

to fall ill

病毒

bìng dú

virus

毛病

máo bìng

fault

病人

bìng rén

sick person

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor

病房

bìng fáng

ward (of a hospital)

病情

bìng qíng

state of an illness

发病

fā bìng

(of an illness) to occur

疾病

jí bìng

disease

治病

zhì bìng

to treat an illness

弊病

bì bìng

malady

病床

bìng chuáng

hospital bed

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