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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pēⁿ-kin / pīⁿ-kun

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bên⁷ geng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìnggēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìnggen
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴-kên¹
    • Yale: bìng-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqgen
    • Palladius: бингэнь (bingɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìnggēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìnggenr
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴-kên¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: bìng-gēnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqgel
    • Palladius: бингэньр (bingɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ gan¹
    • Yale: behng gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² kɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bên⁷ geng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pēⁿ kṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pẽ¹¹ kɯŋ³³/

Noun

病根

1. root cause of a disease; source of disease
2. 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.

3. (figurative) root cause of trouble

Synonyms

• (lingering effect): (Hokkien) 病底, 病母

Derived terms

• 老病根 (lǎobìnggēn)