Chinese symbol for “sickly”
体弱多病
tǐ ruò duō bìng
Traditional: 體弱多病
prone to illness; sickly; in fragile health
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sickly is 体弱多病 (tǐ ruò duō bìng), defined as: prone to illness; sickly; in fragile health.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sickly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病弱 | bìng ruò | sick and weak; sickly |
| 焦黄 (焦黃) | jiāo huáng | sallow; yellow and withered |
| 恹恹 (懨懨) | yān yān | weak; worried; sickly; wan |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 体弱多病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
| 团体 (團體) | tuán tǐ | group; organization |
| 体系 (體系) | tǐ xì | system; setup |
| 具体 (具體) | jù tǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 脆弱 | cuì ruò | weak; frail |
| 削弱 | xuē ruò | to weaken; to impair |
| 许多 (許多) | xǔ duō | many; a lot of |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sickly”.
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.