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

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

malady; ills (of society)
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)