包治百病

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāozhìbǎibìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄓˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ zi⁶ baak³ beng⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹ di⁷ bêh⁴ bên⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāozhìbǎibìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄓˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baojhìhbǎibìng
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-chih⁴-pai³-ping⁴
    • Yale: bāu-jr̀-bǎi-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baujyhbaebinq
    • Palladius: баочжибайбин (baočžibajbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹ zi⁶ baak³ beng⁶
    • Yale: bāau jih baak behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ dzi⁶ baak⁸ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ ji⁶ bag³ béng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː²² paːk̚³ pɛːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao¹ di⁷ bêh⁴ bên⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau tī peh pēⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻²³ ti¹¹ peʔ²⁻⁴ pẽ¹¹/

Etymology 1

		to guarantee a cure; to be guaranteed to cure	all kinds of diseases and ailments; every illness
simp. and trad. (包治百病)		包治	百病

Idiom

包治百病

1. guaranteed to cure all illnesses; cure-all

Etymology 2

		bag	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal	all kinds of diseases and ailments; every illness
simp. and trad. (包治百病)		包	治	百病

Pun of etymology 1.

Idiom

包治百病

1. (neologism, humorous) bags can cure all unhappiness