Chinese word

患

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuàn

Meaning

  • verbsuffer from

Example

他患了重病。tā huàn le zhòng bìng

He suffered from a serious illness.

Illustration for 患 (suffer from)

More examples

医生说她患有高血压，需要长期服药。yī shēng shuō tā huàn yǒu gāo xuè yā xū yào cháng qī fú yào

The doctor said she suffered from high blood pressure and needed to take medicine for a long time.

Core concept

An illness comes upon someone and burdens the body, mind, or daily life.

Common phrases

  • 患病huàn bìng

    fall ill

  • 患有huàn yǒu

    suffer from

Similar words

生病shēng bìng: Become ill or be sick.
得病dé bìng: Get or contract an illness.
患病huàn bìng: Suffer from an illness in formal or written descriptions.
罹患lí huàn: Contract a disease in medical language.

Definition in Chinese

患上疾病或遭受病痛，表示罹患并因此受苦或生活受影响。huàn shàng jí bìng huò zāo shòu bìng tòng biǎo shì lí huàn bìng yīn cǐ shòu kǔ huò shēng huó shòu yíng xiǎng

Word origin

患 (huàn, "suffer from") developed from the broader idea of being troubled or afflicted, which explains its use for illness and the hardship illness causes.

Usage tips

  • This verb is especially useful in health reports and other formal descriptions, where illness is presented in a compact, factual register.

Other meanings

  • fall illverb
  • contractverb

Opposites

Related words

Word lists with this word