生病
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 2
生病 (shēngbìng) · to become ill
生病 (shēngbìng) means “to become ill”. It is written with 2 characters: 生 (to give birth) + 病 (illness). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 生病 is built
The characters
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
病 bìng · illness
What 病 is made of
- 疒nè — sickness
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丙bǐng — third
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 内nèi — inside
- 冂 — frame
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: 疒 gives the meaning, 丙 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他生病了，没来上课。Tā shēngbìng le, méi lái shàngkè.He got sick and didn't come to class.
你生病了吗？Nǐ shēngbìng le ma?Are you ill?
Questions about 生病
What does 生病 mean?
生病 (shēngbìng) means “to become ill”.
How do you pronounce 生病?
生病 is pronounced shēngbìng.
Which HSK level is 生病?
生病 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 2.
Related words
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 男生nánshēngboy
- 女生nǚshēnggirl
- 生气shēngqìangry
- 生日shēngrìbirthday
- 先生xiānshengMr
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
- 学生xuéshengstudent
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school student
Learn 生病 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.