Word Meaning 病人

びょうにん byounin

病人 is read as びょうにん (byounin) and means sick person.

Meaning

English

  1. sick person
  2. patient
  3. invalid

Reading

Kana

びょうにん

Romaji

byounin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 4996 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大病人

だいびょうにん

patient in a serious condition

重病人

じゅうびょうにん

seriously sick person

半病人

はんびょうにん

semi-invalid

看病人

かんびょうにん

nurse

成人病

せいじんびょう

adult diseases

在郷軍人病

ざいごうぐんじんびょう

Legionnaires' disease

個人病院

こじんびょういん

private hospital

老人病院

ろうじんびょういん

geriatric hospital

婦人病

ふじんびょう

women's disease

老人病

ろうじんびょう

geriatric diseases

病院

びょういん

hospital

病気

びょうき

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold)

Example Sentences

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Sick people tend to be pessimistic.

The nurse attended the patient.

He looks as if he were ill.

Doctors should help sick or injured persons.

He acted as if he were ill.

He looks as if he were ill.

The sick man required constant attention.

It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.

Life is merely a hospital where patients are possessed with the desire to change beds.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover!