Useful extra · HSK 2 list

病 bìng “illness” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 病 means

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

Measure word 场 cháng · 一场病 yì cháng bìng

How to say 病

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale病bìng4th tone, falling

病 in a sentence

  1. 他昨天病了，所以没来学校。

    Tā zuótiān bìng le, suǒyǐ méi lái xuéxiào.

    He was sick yesterday, so he didn’t come to school.

    Sentence #10593201 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你病了，该休息了。

    Nǐ bìng le, gāi xiūxi le.

    You’re sick. You should rest.

    Sentence #366889 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 医生治好了她的病。

    Yīshēng zhìhǎo le tā de bìng.

    The doctor cured her illness.

    Sentence #335717 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 病 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.

The character 病 (bìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
病bìngillness
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 丙part of the characterSound part

Memory aidSickness 疒, drawn from a bed, with 丙 (bǐng) for the sound: illness.

How to write 病

病 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

病 (bìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 病 (bìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 病

Words with 病

看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor生病shēngbìng · to get sick病人bìngrén · patient病毒bìngdú · virus毛病máobìng · fault疾病jíbìng · disease弊病bìbìng · drawback

More words: Useful Extras

你们nǐmen · you (plural)上面shàngmiàn · above下面xiàmiàn · below左zuǒ · left右yòu · right见jiàn · to see笔bǐ · pen歌gē · song

FAQs

病 (bìng) means “illness” or “disease”. It is not on the official HSK lists, but we teach it with HSK 2 because learners need it early.
Say it bìng: bìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 病 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 场 (cháng). For example, one illness is 一场病 (yì cháng bìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 病 from the suggestions. Typing bing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
病 is not on the official HSK 2.0 word lists. It is a useful extra on our HSK 2 list, because learners need it from the start.

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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.