病

bìng

illness

CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect

sickness radical (疒) + sound (丙) = illness

疒 is a sickness radical depicting a person lying ill in bed, which carries the full meaning here. 丙 mainly contributes the sound bìng and does not add semantic content.

疒+丙→病
丙Third heavenly stemPhonetic
疒SicknessSemantic

他昨天生病了,没去上学。

tā zuó tiān shēng bìng le, méi qù shàng xué。

He got sick yesterday and didn't go to school.

这种病很难治,需要很长时间。

zhè zhǒng bìng hěn nán zhì, xū yào hěn cháng shí jiān。

This illness is very hard to treat and requires a long time.

Words with 病

病原

bìng yuán

cause of disease

病弱

bìng ruò

sick and weak

病状

bìng zhuàng

symptom (of a disease)

病入膏肓

bìng rù gāo huāng

lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure

职业病

zhí yè bìng

occupational disease

病愈

bìng yù

to recover (from an illness)

得病

dé bìng

to fall ill

毛病

máo bìng

fault

牙周病

yá zhōu bìng

periodontitis (gum disorder)

病毒感染

bìng dú gǎn rǎn

viral infection

重病

zhòng bìng

serious illness

体弱多病

tǐ ruò duō bìng

prone to illness

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