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How do you say "sick" in Chinese?
生病
shēngbìng
In Chinese, "sick" is 生病.
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Pronunciation
Two syllables: 'sheng' (rising tone) and 'bing' (falling tone), pronounced like you're becoming something (disease).
Writing and usage
Two characters totaling 10 strokes; the first means born or to become, the second means illness or sickness, combining to mean contracted a disease.
Example sentence
他昨天生病了。
He got sick yesterday.
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How to remember 生病
The second character looks angular and broken, matching how sickness breaks your health.
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- sixty-one 六十一 liù shí yī
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Questions about 生病
How do you say "sick" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "sick" is 生病. It is a noun.
How is 生病 written in Chinese?
Two characters totaling 10 strokes; the first means born or to become, the second means illness or sickness, combining to mean contracted a disease.
How is 生病 used in a sentence?
Use 生病 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 他昨天生病了。 (He got sick yesterday.).
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