Chinese word

患病

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuàn bìng

Meaning

  • verbget sick

Example

如果不注意卫生，孩子可能会患病。rú guǒ bú zhù yì wèi shēng hái zi kě néng huì huàn bìng

If children do not pay attention to hygiene, they may get sick.

Illustration for 患病 (get sick)

More examples

社区里有几位老人长期患病，需要定期体检。shè qū lǐ yǒu jǐ wèi lǎo rén cháng qī huàn bìng xū yào dìng qī tí jiǎn

There are several elderly people in the community who have been sick for a long time and need regular medical checkups.

Core concept

Illness takes hold of a person and causes physical or mental difficulty.

Common phrases

  • 一旦患病yí dàn huàn bìng

    once you get sick

  • 因患病请假yīn huàn bìng qǐng jià

    take leave because of illness

  • 长期患病cháng qī huàn bìng

    be sick for a long time

Similar words

生病shēng bìng: Becoming sick, with discomfort or symptoms appearing in the body.
得病dé bìng: Catching or contracting a disease.
发病fā bìng: Having the symptoms of an illness suddenly start or an illness begin.
感染gán rǎn: Becoming infected as a disease-causing organism enters the body.

Definition in Chinese

患病 指遭受疾病，身体或精神出现不适或功能下降。huàn bìng zhǐ zāo shòu jí bìng shēn tǐ huò jīng shén chū xiàn bú shì huò gōng néng xià jiàng

Word origin

患 (huàn, "suffer from") + 病 (bìng, "illness") forms a compact expression for suffering from an illness.

Usage tips

  • In conversational Chinese, this word often sounds more formal than ordinary everyday speech, but it is common in clinical descriptions and health statistics.

Other meanings

  • contract a diseaseverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 患病史huàn bìng shǐmedical historynoun
  • 患病率huàn bìng lǜdisease prevalencenoun
  • 患病者huàn bìng zhěperson with an illnessnoun

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