看病
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
看病 (kànbìng) · to see a doctor
看病 (kànbìng) means “to see a doctor”. It is written with 2 characters: 看 (to look) + 病 (illness). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 看病 is built
The characters
看 kàn · to look
What 看 is made of
- 手shǒu — hand
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance (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
我今天去医院看病。Wǒ jīntiān qù yīyuàn kànbìng.I'm going to the hospital to see a doctor today.
你去看病了吗？Nǐ qù kànbìng le ma?Did you go and see a doctor?
Questions about 看病
What does 看病 mean?
看病 (kànbìng) means “to see a doctor”.
How do you pronounce 看病?
看病 is pronounced kànbìng.
Which HSK level is 看病?
看病 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 看到kàndàoto see
- 看见kànjiànto see
- 看法kànfǎview
- 难看nánkànugly
- 观看guānkànto watch
- 看起来kàn qǐlaito look like
- 看上去kàn shangquto look
- 收看shōukànto watch (TV)
- 看不起kànbuqǐto look down on
Learn 看病 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.