病懨懨

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	weak and weary through illness
trad. (病懨懨)		病	懨懨
simp. (病恹恹)		病	恹恹
alternative forms		病厭厭／病厌厌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìngyānyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing⁶ jim¹ jim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìngyānyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìngyanyan
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴-yen¹-yen¹
    • Yale: bìng-yān-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqianian
    • Palladius: бинъяньянь (binʺjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing⁶ jim¹ jim¹
    • Yale: bihng yīm yīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing⁶ jim¹ jim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing⁶ yim¹ yim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ²² jiːm⁵⁵ jiːm⁵⁵/

Adjective

病懨懨

1. (ideophonic, of a person) looking or feeling sickly; lethargic-looking from an illness

Usage notes

As a 狀態詞／状态词 (zhuàngtàicí), it must be followed by 的 (de).

Synonyms

• 病病歪歪 (bìngbing-wāiwāi)