HSK 6 · Body

患者 huànzhě “patient” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 患者 means

  1. patient
  2. sufferer

How to say 患者

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale患huàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale者zhě3rd tone, dipping

患者 in a sentence

  1. 这些患者走路有困难。

    Zhèxiē huànzhě zǒulù yǒu kùnnan.

    These patients have trouble walking.

    Sentence #5715116 from Tatoeba

  2. 等候室里有五位患者。

    Děnghòushì lǐ yǒu wǔ wèi huànzhě.

    There are five patients in the waiting room.

    Sentence #8776014 from Tatoeba

  3. 患者现在处于深度昏迷状态。

    Huànzhě xiànzài chǔyú shēndù hūnmí zhuàngtài.

    The patient is in a deep coma.

    Sentence #8743959 from Tatoeba

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.

The character 患 (huàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

The character 者 (zhě) with each of its parts in a different colour
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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患者 (huànzhě) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 患者 (huànzhě). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 患者

Words with 患

隐患yǐnhuàn · hidden danger

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

More words: People, Body & Health

腹泻fùxiè · diarrhoea感染gǎnrǎn · to infect疙瘩gēda · pimple喉咙hóulóng · throat化验huàyàn · laboratory test昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)胡须húxū · beard

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.

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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.