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装病

zhuāngbìng

to feign illness

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to feign illness

02

to malinger

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 装病 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 装病 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她装病。tā zhuāng bìng。

She made believe that she was sick.

装病是没用的。zhuāng bìng shì méi yòng de。

There is no point in pretending to be sick.

玛丽不是真病。她只是装病。mǎ lì bú shì zhēn bìng。 tā zhǐ shì zhuāng bìng。

Mary isn't really sick; she's only putting it on.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 装病.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 装病.

Directly before

  • 她装病1
  • 有时装病1
  • 只是装病1

Directly after

  • 装病是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 装病

What does 装病 mean in Chinese?

装病 (zhuāngbìng) means to feign illness.

How do you pronounce 装病?

装病 is pronounced zhuāngbìng.

Is 装病 an HSK word?

装病 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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