毛病

Chinese

		hair; pore; fur	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad. (毛病)		毛	病

Etymology

“Defects in a horse's hair” (Song dynasty) > “fault; defect; problem; disease” (Song dynasty).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máobìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ beng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-phiang
• Min Nan (POJ): mô͘-pīⁿ / mô͘-pēⁿ / mâu-pīⁿ / mô͘-pēng / mâu-pēng
• Wu (Wiktionary): mo bin (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: máobìng → máobing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ → ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄅㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau.binq
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ piŋ⁵¹/ → /mɑʊ̯³⁵ b̥iŋ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ beng⁶
    • Yale: mòuh behng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ beng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ béng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ pɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-phiang
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo´ piang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ piang⁴
    • IPA: /mo²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'pvi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² pĩ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ pĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-pēⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-pēnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'pve
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² pɛ̃²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ pẽ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mâu-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mau'pvi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãʊ²⁴⁻²² pĩ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: môo-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'peng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu-pēng
    • Tâi-lô: mâu-pīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mau'peng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mãʊ²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãʊ¹³⁻²² piɪŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mo bin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mo²² b̻ɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

毛病

1. (literary, obsolete) defects in a horse's hair; abnormality in the fur colour of domestic animals
2. fault; defect; breakdown; trouble; mishap
3. personal flaw; shortcoming

   有毛病啊！  ―  Yǒumáobìng a!  ―  What the hell is wrong with you!

4. (chiefly regional) illness; medical problem; condition; disease; ailment

   我有毛病了。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   [ŋv̩ʷ²³ ɦiɜ²³ mo²² b̻ɪɲ⁴⁴ ləʔ³³] [IPA]

   I am sick.

Derived terms

• 出毛病
• 挑毛病

• 有毛病 (yǒu máobìng)
• 老毛病 (lǎomáobìng)