病倒

bìngdǎo

verb #16,058

Meanings

1 to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness

Characters

sick; illness; disease

to fall; to collapse

Examples

他连续加班一个月，终于病倒了。

Tā liánxù jiābān yī gè yuè, zhōngyú bìngdǎo le.

After working overtime for a month straight, he finally fell ill.

妈妈病倒了，我请了假回家照顾她。

Māma bìngdǎo le, wǒ qǐng le jià huíjiā zhàogù tā.

Mom fell ill, so I took time off to go home and take care of her.

Tips

usage

病倒 implies being incapacitated by illness — sick enough to be bedridden or unable to function. It's more dramatic than simply 生病 (shēngbìng, to be sick). The 倒 adds the sense of 'collapsing' from the illness.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

倒 dào