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Mandarin Chinese · HSK 3.0 Band 1 · Chapter 36

我病了 I'm sick

Wǒ bìng le

I'm sick chapter.

Dialogue

我病了 — I'm sick

山明小xiǎo白bái, 你nǐ怎zěn么me了le? What's wrong?
小白我wǒ病bìng了le. 不bù好hǎo. A bit sick. Headache.
山明去qù医yī院yuàn看kàn医yī生shēng吧ba. Go see a doctor.
小白医yī院yuàn在zài哪nǎ儿ér? Where is it?
山明我wǒ跟gēn你nǐ去qù. 身shēn体tǐ最zuì重zhòng要yào. I'll come. Health is most important.

Vocabulary

病bìng: noun illness
生shēng病bìng: verb fall ill
看kàn病bìng: verb see a doctor (revisit)
医yī生shēng: noun doctor
医yī院yuàn: noun hospital
身shēn体tǐ: noun body

New characters

病bìng: illness
生病 shēng bìng — fall ill看病 kàn bìng — see a doctor (revisit)
医: doctor / medicine
医生 yīshēng — doctor医院 yīyuàn — hospital
院: (in 医院)
医院 yīyuàn — hospital
身: body
身体 shēntǐ — body
体: (in 身体)
身体 shēntǐ — body体育馆 tǐyùguǎn — gym; sports hall

Hanzi — writing & recognition

病

bìng illness Writing

10 strokes enclosure

医

yī doctor / medicine Writing

7 strokes enclosure

身

shēn body Writing

7 strokes standalone

院

yuàn (in 医院) Recognition

9 strokes left-right

体

tǐ (in 身体) Recognition

7 strokes left-right

Grammar

Adj/V + 了 — change of state

Explanation

Adjective or verb + 了 marks a NEW situation — something changed. 病了 = became sick (was healthy before). 好了 = got better. 累了 / 饿了 / 渴了 (got tired / hungry / thirsty). This 了 sits at the end of the sentence and means "different now than before". Negate with 没 (没病 / 没好).

Examples

我病了. I've gotten sick.
我累了. I'm tired (now).
他好了. He got better.
天气冷了. The weather has turned cold.

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