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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.

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

体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
弱 ruò
weak, fragile, delicate
radical 57 ⼸ · 10 strokes
多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sickly”

WordPinyinMeaning
病弱bìng ruòsick and weak; sickly
焦黄 (焦黃)jiāo huángsallow; yellow and withered
恹恹 (懨懨)yān yānweak; worried; sickly; wan

Related words

Other words that share a character with 体弱多病.

WordPinyinMeaning
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education
团体 (團體)tuán tǐgroup; organization
体系 (體系)tǐ xìsystem; setup
具体 (具體)jù tǐconcrete; specific; detailed
脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
削弱xuē ruòto weaken; to impair
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
病毒bìng dúvirus

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.

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