# 发病 (fābìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发病 (fābìng) means “to fall ill; disease onset”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to fall ill; disease onset
- Pinyin: fābìng (fa1 bing4)
- Traditional: 發病
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他昨天突然发病了。
  Tā zuótiān tūrán fābìng le.
  He suddenly fell ill yesterday.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- [病](https://hanziro.com/word/bing-illness/) (bìng): illness; disease

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-bing-fall-ill/

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