bìng

Traditional: 病

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Translation

illness, disease; to be ill

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound with the sickness radical marking illness and a phonetic element. It means illness or to be ill.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
疒 (sickness) + 丙 (bǐng, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 病

Examples

He has fallen ill.

This illness is very common.

Her illness has cleared up.

To see a doctor you go to hospital.

He is seriously ill.

病 (bìng) means illness, disease, or to be ill. 生病 is to fall ill and 看病 is to see a doctor.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 病.

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This word is part of lesson 24.