发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发病
fābìng
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
- 这种传染病通常在感染后三到五天发病。 Zhè zhǒng chuánrǎnbìng tōngcháng zài gǎnrǎn hòu sān dào wǔ tiān fābìng. This infectious disease usually appears three to five days after infection.
- 他平时身体很好，但昨天夜里突然发病，被送进了医院。 Tā píngshí shēntǐ hěn hǎo, dàn zuótiān yè lǐ tūrán fābìng, bèi sòngjìn le yīyuàn. He is usually healthy, but he suddenly fell ill last night and was taken to hospital.
- 这种病多在春天发病，所以要提前注意预防。 Zhè zhǒng bìng duō zài chūntiān fābìng, suǒyǐ yào tíqián zhùyì yùfáng. This illness mostly breaks out in spring, so you should take precautions in advance.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech