無病呻吟

Chinese

		not have	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	to moan; to groan; to read aloud to moan; to groan; to read aloud; to chant
trad. (無病呻吟)		無	病	呻吟
simp. (无病呻吟)		无	病	呻吟
Literally: “to moan and groan without being ill”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúbìngshēnyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúbìngshēnyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúbìngshenyín
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-ping⁴-shên¹-yin²
    • Yale: wú-bìng-shēn-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubinqshenyn
    • Palladius: убиншэньинь (ubinšɛnʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ piŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴
    • Yale: mòuh behng sān yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ béng⁶ sen¹ yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pɛːŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵ jɐm²¹/

Idiom

無病呻吟

1. to make a fuss about imaginary worries; to pine and whine about nothing
2. (of literature and art) to adopt a sentimental pose