Usage note
疾病表示身体生病或不健康的状态。
jí bìng biǎo shì shēn tǐ shēng bìng huò bú jiàn kāng de zhuàng tài。
疾病 means an illness or unhealthy condition.
Context note
疾病常用于健康、医院和医学。
jí bìng cháng yòng yú jiàn kāng 、 yī yuàn hé yī xué。
It is often used with health, hospitals, and medicine.
5 examples
这种疾病要治疗。
zhè zhǒng jí bìng yào zhì liáo。
This disease needs treatment.
他得了疾病。
tā dé le jí bìng。
He got sick with a disease.
预防疾病很重要。
yù fáng jí bìng hěn zhòng yào。
Preventing disease is very important.
医生在研究疾病。
yī shēng zài yán jiū jí bìng。
The doctor is studying the disease.
健康可以减少疾病。
jiàn kāng kě yǐ jiǎn shǎo jí bìng。
Good health can reduce disease.
5 mini stories
老师说，保持卫生可以减少疾病。
lǎo shī shuō， bǎo chí wèi shēng kě yǐ jiǎn shǎo jí bìng。
The teacher said keeping clean can reduce disease.
医生帮助他了解疾病。
yī shēng bāng zhù tā liǎo jiě jí bìng。
The doctor helped him understand the disease.
有些疾病需要长期治疗。
yǒu xiē jí bìng xū yào cháng qī zhì liáo。
Some diseases need long-term treatment.
他们正在研究一种新的疾病。
tā men zhèng zài yán jiū yì zhǒng xīn de jí bìng。
They are studying a new disease.
预防疾病比治疗更重要。
yù fáng jí bìng bǐ zhì liáo gèng zhòng yào。
Preventing disease is more important than treating it.
Mini dialogue
预防疾病
A
怎么预防疾病呢？
Zěnme yùfáng jíbìng ne?
How do we prevent diseases?
B
勤洗手可以预防很多疾病。
Qín xǐshǒu kěyǐ yùfáng hěn duō jíbìng.
Washing hands often can prevent many illnesses.
看医生
A
你脸色不好，生病了吗？
Nǐ liǎnsè bù hǎo, shēngbìng le ma?
You look pale, are you sick?
B
有点不舒服，可能是一种小疾病。
Yǒudiǎn bù shūfu, kěnéng shì yī zhǒng xiǎo jíbìng.
A bit unwell, maybe it's a minor illness.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
健康
jiàn kāng
health
Opposite state of being ill.
related
生病
shēng bìng
to fall ill
Verb form for getting sick.
related
感冒
gǎn mào
common cold
A common minor illness.