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 ㄕㄣㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúbìngshēnyín
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄣㄧㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wubinqshenyn
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ piŋ⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴
  - Yale: mòuh behng sān yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ beng⁶ san¹ jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ béng⁶ sen¹ yem⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pɛːŋ²² sɐn⁵⁵ jɐm²¹/

Idiom

無病呻吟

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

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