Chinese symbol for “patient”
患者
huàn zhě
patient; sufferer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patient is 患者 (huàn zhě), defined as: patient; sufferer.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “patient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病患 | bìng huàn | illness; disease |
| 病者 | bìng zhě | sick person; patient |
| 病号 (病號) | bìng hào | sick personnel; person on the sick list |
| 病员 (病員) | bìng yuán | sick personnel; person on the sick list |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 患者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐患 (隱患) | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage |
| 患有 | huàn yǒu | to contract (an illness); to be afflicted with |
| 罹患 | lí huàn | to suffer (from an illness); to fall ill |
| 病患 | bìng huàn | illness; disease |
| 患病 | huàn bìng | to fall ill |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or; possibly; maybe; perhaps |
| 作者 | zuò zhě | author; writer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patient”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.