弊病

Chinese

		detriment; fraud; harm detriment; fraud; harm; defeat	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
trad. (弊病)		弊	病
simp. #(弊病)		弊	病

Etymology

Attested in 《朱子語類》 (A Collection of Conversations of Master Zhu) first arranged in 1270 during the Song Dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìbìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ beng⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi-phiang
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pē-pēng / pī-pēng / pè-pēng / pè-pēⁿ / pē-pīⁿ / pè-pīⁿ / pī-pēⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìbìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìbìng
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-ping⁴
    • Yale: bì-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihbinq
    • Palladius: бибин (bibin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ beng⁶
    • Yale: baih behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ béng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² pɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi-phiang
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi piang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴ piang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵ pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: pē-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexpeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: pī-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixpeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: pè-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pea'peng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-pēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pè-pēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pea'pve
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ pẽ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pē-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexpvi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻²² pĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pè-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pea'pvi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ pĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-pēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: pī-pēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixpve
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ pɛ̃²²/

Noun

弊病

1. malady; ills (of society)
2. fault; defect; drawback; downside

Synonyms

• (malady): (figurative) 流行病 (liúxíngbìng)
• (fault):

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• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 毛病 (máobìng)
• 短處／短处 (duǎnchu)
• 缺失 (quēshī)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺陷 (quēxiàn)
• 缺點／缺点 (quēdiǎn)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Related terms

• 弊端 (bìduān)