久病成醫

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (久病成醫)		久	病	成	醫
simp. (久病成医)		久	病	成	医
alternative forms		久病成良醫／久病成良医
Literally: “Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔbìngchéngyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔbìngchéngyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒubìngchéngyi
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-ping⁴-chʻêng²-i¹
    • Yale: jyǒu-bìng-chéng-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoubinqcherngi
    • Palladius: цзюбинчэнъи (czjubinčɛnʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹
    • Yale: gáu behng sìhng yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² béng⁶ xing⁴ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pɛːŋ²² sɪŋ²¹ jiː⁵⁵/

Idiom

久病成醫

1. experience is the best teacher