病倒

bìngdǎo
verb #16,058

Meanings

  1. 1 to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness

Examples

HSK 4
Māma bìngdǎo le, wǒ qǐng le jià huí jiā zhàogù tā.
Mom fell ill, so I took time off to go home and take care of her.
HSK 5
Tā liánxù jiābān yī gè yuè, zhōngyú bìngdǎo le.
After working overtime for a month straight, he finally fell ill.

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 (to be sick). The 倒 adds the sense of 'collapsing' from the illness.

Stroke Order

病 bìng
倒 dǎo