病 bìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 丙 third
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
病人
bìngrén
patient, sick person
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- Made of
- 丿 slash ㇏
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 病人很多。 Bìngrén hěn duō. There are many patients.
- 这个病人很年轻。 Zhège bìngrén hěn niánqīng. This patient is very young.
- 医生在看病人。 Yīshēng zài kàn bìngrén. The doctor is seeing a patient.