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 adds the sense of 'collapsing' from the illness.

Stroke Order

bìng
dǎo