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

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

(deprecated template usage) 弊端

1. malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice

Related terms

• 弊病 (bìbìng)

(deprecated template usage)