病假 (bìng jià) — sick leave | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sick leave

Examples

病假。
Tā yīn wèi fā shāo qǐng le yì tiān bìng jià.
He took a day of sick leave because of a fever.
病假。
Gōng sī de bìng jià zhèng cè hěn yán gé.
The company's sick leave policy is very strict.
病假。
Nǐ xiū bìng jià de shí hou yào jiāo yī shēng zhèng míng.
You need to submit a doctor's note when you take sick leave.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

病bìngsickness

病 means sickness and 假 means leave, so it denotes time off because of illness.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

疒丙病

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèsickness

Sound part声符shēngfú

丙

丙bǐng病bìng

Same sound today

病 pairs 疒, a sickness mark, with 丙, which gives the sound; 丙 also means fire, giving a picture of lying feverishly in bed.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻叚假

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

叚

叚jiǎ假jiǎ

Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

Appears in

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