Meaning of 看病
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to visit a doctor
- to see a patient
How to use 看病
看病 works for both sides: a patient goes to see a doctor, and a doctor sees patients. It is a separable verb, so words can go in the middle, as in 看了病 or 看什么病. Example: 我明天去医院看病。 (Wǒ míngtiān qù yīyuàn kànbìng.) I am going to the hospital to see a doctor tomorrow.
看 (kàn) means to look, and 病 (bìng) means illness, so 看病 is literally "looking at an illness." Picture a doctor looking closely at what is wrong with you.
Common mistake: Learners often say 看医生 and 看病 as if they were the same, then write 看病医生, which is wrong. Say 看病 or 看医生, not both together. Also keep 看 in the fourth tone, kàn, not kān.
看病 in example sentences
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看 kàn · to see · 9 strokes
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病 bìng · illness · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 看病.
| 看到 | kàndào | to see |
| 看见 | kànjiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 病人 | bìngrén | sick person; patient |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 生病 | shēngbìng | to fall ill |
| 看法 | kànfǎ | way of looking at a thing; view |
| 难看 | nánkàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐlái | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the |
| 看上去 | kàn shàngqù | it would appear; it seems (that) |
| 毛病 | máobìng | fault; defect |
| 观看 | guānkàn | to watch; to view |
| 收看 | shōukàn | to watch (a TV program) |
Questions about 看病
What does 看病 mean?
看病 (kànbìng) means "to visit a doctor; to see a patient".
How do you write 看病?
看病 is made of 2 characters: 看 (9 strokes), 病 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 看病 an HSK word?
Yes. 看病 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 看病 and 生病?
生病 (shēngbìng) means to get sick. 看病 means to go and get that sickness treated by a doctor. You usually 生病 first and then 去看病.
How do I say a doctor is seeing patients?
You can say 医生在看病 (yīshēng zài kànbìng), meaning the doctor is seeing patients. You can also say 给病人看病 (gěi bìngrén kànbìng), to treat a patient.