頑疾

Chinese

		mischievous; obstinate; to play mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty	sickness; disease; hate sickness; disease; hate; envy
trad. (頑疾)		頑	疾
simp. (顽疾)		顽	疾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁴ zat⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang² zib⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánjí
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-chi²
    • Yale: wán-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanjyi
    • Palladius: ваньцзи (vanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁴ zat⁶
    • Yale: wàahn jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁴ dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁴ zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²¹ t͡sɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang² zib⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguáng tsi̍p
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sip̚⁴/

Noun

頑疾

1. (literal or figurative) stubborn illness; old affliction