毛病

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máobìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • 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
    • 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-pēⁿ / mô͘-pīⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: môo-pēnn / môo-pīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'pve, mo'pvi
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ pẽ³³/, /mɔ²⁴⁻¹¹ pĩ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ¹³⁻²² pɛ̃²²/, /mɔ¹³⁻²² pĩ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mo bin (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mo²² b̻ɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

毛病

1. fault; defect; breakdown; trouble; mishap
2. personal flaw; shortcoming

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

3. (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
• 老毛病 (lǎomáobìng)