生病

生病 shēngbìng in a sentence

Sick (ill)

Full dictionary entry HSK 2 6 sentences

生病 (shēngbìng) means Sick (ill). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

生病 了要去医院看医生。

Shēngbìng le yào qù yīyuàn kàn yīshēng.

If you're ill you should go to the hospital to see a doctor.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 生病

生病 了,今天没来上课。

Tā shēngbìng le, jīntiān méi lái shàng kè.

He is ill and didn't come to class today.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 生病

生病 了要吃药。

Shēngbìng le yào chī yào.

You have to take medicine when you're ill.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

生病 了,跟经理请假。

Tā shēngbìng le, gēn jīnglǐ qǐngjià.

He is ill and asked the manager for leave.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 请假

他没来上课,因为 生病 了。

Tā méi lái shàng kè, yīnwèi shēngbìng le.

He didn't come to class because he is ill.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 因为

From the graded readers

我知道我 生病 了。

wǒ zhīdào wǒ shēngbìng le / liǎo / liào.

I knew I was ill.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

Questions about 生病

How is 生病 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 生病 (shēngbìng, "Sick (ill)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 生病 an HSK word?

Yes — 生病 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 生病?

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