病
Meaning
- illness
- disease
- to fall ill
Measure word
场 cháng
Example sentence
我生病了，想休息。
I am sick and want to rest.
The character 病
病 sits under 疒, the sickness radical, which is drawn from a person laid on a bed. It is both the illness and falling ill: 生病, 看病 to see a doctor, 病人 the patient, and 毛病 a fault in anything, machines included.