Meaning of 病房
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- ward (of a hospital)
- sickroom
Measure word: 間|间
How to use 病房
病房 is the normal word for a hospital ward or patient room, and it often appears with numbers or types, like 三号病房 (ward 3) or 重症病房 (intensive care ward). Example: 他住在五楼的病房。(Tā zhù zài wǔ lóu de bìngfáng.) He is staying in a ward on the fifth floor.
病 (bìng) means illness and 房 (fáng) means room, so 病房 is simply a sickness room. Picture a hospital room full of 病人 (bìngrén), patients, resting in their beds.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 病房间 by mixing 病房 with 房间 (fángjiān), but the correct word is just 病房. Also keep 病 in the fourth tone, bìng, not bīng, which sounds like 冰 (ice).
病房 in example sentences
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病 bìng · illness · 10 strokes
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房 fáng · building · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 病房.
Questions about 病房
What does 病房 mean?
病房 (bìngfáng) means "ward (of a hospital); sickroom" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 病房?
病房 is made of 2 characters: 病 (10 strokes), 房 (8 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 病房 an HSK word?
Yes. 病房 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What verb do you use with 病房 when visiting someone in the hospital?
People often say 去病房看他 (qù bìngfáng kàn tā), go to the ward to see him. 探望 (tànwàng), to visit, is also common in more formal speech.
Can 病房 mean a sick person's bedroom at home?
It can mean sickroom in a general sense, but in everyday Chinese it almost always means a room in a hospital or clinic. For a bedroom at home, people usually just say 房间 (fángjiān) or 卧室 (wòshì).