HSK 6 · Body
患者 huànzhě “patient” in Chinese
Same in Traditional
What 患者 means
- patient
- sufferer
How to say 患者
患huàn4th tone, falling
者zhě3rd tone, dipping
患者 in a sentence
How 患者 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

患huànto suffer
- 串string · chuànSound part
- 心heart · xīnMeaning part
心 hints at the meaning (heart); 串 (chuàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with huàn.

者zhěone who …
- 耂old form of 老 · lǎo
- 日sun · rì
How to write 患者
患 11 strokes · 者 8 strokes
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Words related to 患者
Words with 患
Words with 者
或者huòzhě · or者zhě · (suffix) person who …作者zuòzhě · author记者jìzhě · reporter志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer
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FAQs
患者 (huànzhě) means “patient” or “sufferer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huànzhě: huàn with a 4th tone, then zhě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 患者 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanzhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 患者 from the suggestions. Typing huanzhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
患者 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.