生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
生病
shēngbìng
to fall ill
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 妈妈生病了。 Māma shēngbìng le. Mom is ill.
- 他生病了，今天没来。 Tā shēngbìng le, jīntiān méi lái. He's ill, so he didn't come today.
- 我生病了。 Wǒ shēngbìng le. I've fallen ill.
Related words
- 学生 xuésheng student
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 男生 nánshēng schoolboy, male student
- 女生 nǚshēng schoolgirl, female student
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry
- 生日 shēngrì birthday
- 先生 xiānsheng Mr., sir; gentleman
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 医生 yīshēng doctor
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 病 bìng illness; to be ill
- 病人 bìngrén patient, sick person