HSK 6 · Body

疾病 jíbìng “disease” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 疾病 means

  1. disease
  2. illness
  3. sickness
  4. ailment

How to say 疾病

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疾jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale病bìng4th tone, falling

疾病 in a sentence

  1. 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。

    Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.

    These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.

    Sentence #742937 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有药物能够治疗这种疾病。

    Méiyǒu yàowù nénggòu zhìliáo zhè zhǒng jíbìng.

    No medicine can cure this disease.

    Sentence #335541 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 一些疾病的产生原因是基因缺陷。

    Yìxiē jíbìng de chǎnshēng yuányīn shì jīyīn quēxiàn.

    Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

    Sentence #3630130 from Tatoeba

How 疾病 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 疾 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
疾jídisease; ailment
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 矢arrow · shǐSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 矢 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

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 疾病

疾 10 strokes · 病 10 strokes

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

Words related to 疾病

Words with 疾

残疾cánjí · disability

Words with 病

看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor病bìng · illness生病shēngbìng · to get sick病人bìngrén · patient病毒bìngdú · virus毛病máobìng · fault弊病bìbìng · drawback

More words: People, Body & Health

昏迷hūnmí · to fall unconscious浑身húnshēn · all over (the body)胡须húxū · beard饥饿jī'è · hunger解剖jiěpōu · to dissect颈椎jǐngzhuī · cervical vertebra口腔kǒuqiāng · oral cavity临床línchuáng · clinical

FAQs

疾病 (jíbìng) means “disease” or “illness”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jíbìng: jí with a 2nd tone, then bìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 疾病 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jibing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疾病 from the suggestions. Typing jibing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疾病 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.