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病人

bìng rén

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Measure word 个

病人 (bìng rén) means "patient, sick person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 病人 means

1. sick person
2. patient
3. invalid

The characters in 病人

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 病人随时会死。
  That patient may die at any time.
• 病人躺在床上。
  The patient lies in bed.
• 护士照顾病人。
  Nurses look after patients.
• 病人逐渐康复了。
  The patient got better little by little.
• 医生向病人用药。
  The doctor administered medicine to the patient.
• 医生检查了病人。
  The doctor examined the patients.

Words containing 病人

• 危重病人wēi zhòng bìng réncritically ill patient
• 零号病人líng hào bìng rén(epidemiology) patient zero

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bìng rén correctly.
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