弊害

Chinese

		detriment; fraud; harm detriment; fraud; harm; defeat	to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
trad. (弊害)		弊	害
simp. #(弊害)		弊	害

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pè-hāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhài
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hai⁴
    • Yale: bì-hài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhay
    • Palladius: бихай (bixaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pè-hāi
    • Tâi-lô: pè-hāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pea'hai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe²¹⁻⁵³ hai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe¹¹⁻⁵³ hai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe²¹⁻⁴¹ hai³³/

Noun

弊害

1. fault; defect; drawback; downside
2. harm; damage

Synonyms

• (fault):

• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弊	害
へい Grade: S	がい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーがい [hèégáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

弊(へい)害(がい) • (heigai) ^{←へいがい (feigai)?}

1. thing that causes undesirable effects; evil

Antonyms

• 恩恵(おんけい) (onkei)