病

bìng

HSK 1

病 — bìng

1. illness; disease

   他的病好了。 tā de bìng hǎo le — His illness has gotten better.

2. to fall ill; to become sick

   他昨天突然病了，今天请假在家休息。 tā zuótiān tūrán bìng le jīntiān qǐngjià zàijiā xiūxī — He suddenly fell ill yesterday and took the day off to rest at home.

3. defect; flaw

   这篇文章的论证有明显的语病。 zhè piānwénzhāng de lùnzhèng yǒu míngxiǎn de yǔbìng — The argument of this article has an obvious flaw in wording.