病根

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (病根)		病	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bìnggēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ gan¹
Min Nan (POJ): pēⁿ-kin / pīⁿ-kun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìnggēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqgen
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìnggen
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bìnggēnr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqgel
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìnggenr
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: beng⁶ gan¹
  - Yale: behng gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ gen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² kɐn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pēⁿ-kin
  - Tâi-lô: pēnn-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvexkyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pẽ³³⁻²¹ kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pīⁿ-kun
  - Tâi-lô: pīnn-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvixkwn
  - IPA (Taipei): /pĩ³³⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/

Noun

病根

root cause of a disease; source of disease
lingering effect of an incompletely cured disease; old symptom complaint
這是當時坐月子落下的病根。 [MSC, trad.]
这是当时坐月子落下的病根。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì dāngshí zuòyuèzi lào xià de bìnggēn. [Pinyin]
This symptom is caused by the previous improper postpartum care that she received.
(figuratively) root cause of trouble

Synonyms

(lingering effect): (Min Nan) 病底, 病母

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