东亚病夫 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 東亞病夫 dōngyàbìngfū ㄉㄨㄥ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄨ "the Sick Man of Asia" (historical term referring to China in its weakened state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) derog. Character by character 东(dōng)surname Dong 亚(yà)Asia 病(bìng)illness 夫(fū)husband A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0