弊端

Chinese

		detriment; fraud; harm detriment; fraud; harm; defeat	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (弊端)		弊	端
simp. #(弊端)		弊	端

Etymology

Attested in the 12th century work 《荊國王文公祠堂記》 (The Memorial Hall for Wang Anshi, Duke of Jing State and the Venerable Gentleman of Erudition) by Lu Jiuyuan written in the Song Dynasty.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ dyun¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pē-toan / pī-toan / pè-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìduan
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-tuan¹
    • Yale: bì-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihduan
    • Palladius: бидуань (biduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ dyun¹
    • Yale: baih dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² tyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē-toan
    • Tâi-lô: pē-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pexdoafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻²² tuan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pī-toan
    • Tâi-lô: pī-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pixdoafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-toan
    • Tâi-lô: pè-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pea'doafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

弊端

1. malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
2. drawback; weakness; flaw; downside

Synonyms

• (flaw):

• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 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

• 弊病 (bìbìng)