Chinese word

患有

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuàn yǒu

Meaning

  • verbhave

Example

他患有高血压，需按时吃药。tā huàn yǒu gāo xuè yā xū àn shí chī yào

He has high blood pressure and needs to take his medicine on time.

Illustration for 患有 (have)

More examples

她从小就患有哮喘，运动时要注意。tā cóng xiǎo jiù huàn yǒu xiào chuǎn yùn dòng shí yào zhù yì

She has had asthma since childhood and needs to be careful when exercising.

Core concept

Describes illness as a health condition that a person has, with a neutral and clinical focus on its presence.

Common phrases

  • 患有高血压huàn yǒu gāo xuè yā

    have high blood pressure

  • 患有糖尿病huàn yǒu táng niào bìng

    have diabetes

  • 患有慢性病huàn yǒu màn xìng bìng

    have a chronic illness

Similar words

生病shēng bìng: Becoming ill or being sick is expressed in ordinary, conversational language.
得病dé bìng: Coming down with an illness is expressed in a colloquial way.
有病yǒu bìng: An illness being present in the body is expressed in ordinary daily language.
患病huàn bìng: A person being ill with a disease is described in formal medical language.

Definition in Chinese

表示个体身上存在一种或多种疾病，常用于医学陈述或统计数据中。biǎo shì gè tǐ shēn shàng cún zài yì zhǒng huò duō zhǒng jí bìng cháng yòng yú yī xué chén shù huò tǒng jì shù jù zhōng

Word origin

患有 (huànyǒu, "to have a disease") is built from 患 (huàn, "to suffer from illness") + 有 (yǒu, "to have"), expressing that a disease is held or found in someone's body.

Usage tips

  • This verb is common in medical reports and statistics but can sound formal in conversation, where 有 (yǒu, "to have") plus the condition is often the simpler choice.

Other meanings

  • suffer fromverb

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