"弊" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /pi⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pi⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /pi⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /pɛi²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /pe⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Quanzhou], /pe²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /pe³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /pi²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /pe¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /pe²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Xiamen], /pi¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /pi⁵¹/, /pɐi̯²²/, /pi⁵⁵/, /pi⁵³/, /pɛi²⁴²/, /pe⁴¹/, /pe²²/, /pe³³/, /pi²²/, /pe¹¹/, /pe²¹/, /pi¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: bì [Mandarin, Pinyin], bi⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pi [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], bi⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], bê, pē [Hokkien, POJ], pī [Hokkien, POJ], pè [Hokkien, POJ], bi⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], bì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bì [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pi⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bì [Mandarin, Yale], bih [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], би [Mandarin, Palladius], bi [Mandarin, Palladius], baih [Cantonese, Yale], bai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bei⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], pi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bi [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], bi⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], bê [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], pē [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pe [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], pī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], pè [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pex [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], pī [POJ, Teochew], bjiejH [Middle-Chinese], /*beds/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”): emphatic form of 敝 — destroying something with both hands. Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *beds}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds), {{m|zh|會意|tr=-}} 會意/会意, {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=y|pron=}} ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{m|zh|敝//||destroy, tatters|tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *beds, *bed</span>}} 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”), {{m|zh|廾//||both hands|tr=-}} 廾 (“both hands”), {{Han compound|敝|廾|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|ls2=ic|t1=destroy, tatters|t2=both hands}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”), {{zh-m|敝|tr=-}} 敝 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 弊
  1. fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit
    Sense id: en-弊-zh-character-1ayGy4is Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22
  2. drawback; defect
    Sense id: en-弊-zh-character-h5XhnNr6 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 32 40 28
  3. (Cantonese) bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-弊-zh-character-IOi4y0BM Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 作弊 (zuòbì), 凋弊 (diāobì), 切中時弊, 切中时弊, 利多於弊, 利多于弊, 利弊 (lìbì), 利弊互見, 利弊互见, 利弊參半, 利弊参半, 利弊得失, 宿弊, 弊倖, 弊幸, 弊害 (bìhài), 弊履, 弊帚千金, 弊帚自珍, 弊政 (bìzhèng), 弊案, 弊病 (bìbìng), 弊竇, 弊窦, 弊端 (bìduān), 弊絕風清 (bìjuéfēngqīng), 弊绝风清 (bìjuéfēngqīng), 弊衣疏食, 弊衣簞食, 弊衣箪食, 弊車羸馬, 弊车羸马, 弊車駑馬, 弊车驽马, 弊邦 (bìbāng), 徇私作弊, 徇私舞弊, 時弊 (shíbì), 时弊 (shíbì), 杜弊, 歲弊, 岁弊, 民力凋弊, 流弊 (liúbì), 為法自弊, 为法自弊, 無私有弊, 无私有弊, 營私舞弊 (yíngsīwǔbì), 营私舞弊 (yíngsīwǔbì), 疲弊, 百弊叢生, 百弊丛生, 私弊 (sībì), 積久弊生, 积久弊生, 積弊 (jībì), 积弊 (jībì), 罷弊, 罢弊, 興利剔弊, 兴利剔弊, 興利除弊, 兴利除弊, 舌弊耳聾, 舌弊耳聋, 舞弊 (wǔbì), 補偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì), 补偏救弊 (bǔpiānjiùbì), 裘弊金盡, 裘弊金尽, 貪汙舞弊, 贪污舞弊, 醫時救弊, 医时救弊, 金舌弊口, 防弊除害, 除弊, 革弊, 風清弊絕, 风清弊绝, 齒弊舌存, 齿弊舌存

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "zuòbì",
      "word": "作弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "diāobì",
      "word": "凋弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "切中時弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "切中时弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利多於弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利多于弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "lìbì",
      "word": "利弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利弊互見"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利弊互见"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利弊參半"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利弊参半"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "利弊得失"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "宿弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊倖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊幸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìhài",
      "word": "弊害"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊履"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊帚千金"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊帚自珍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìzhèng",
      "word": "弊政"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊案"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìbìng",
      "word": "弊病"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊竇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊窦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìduān",
      "word": "弊端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìjuéfēngqīng",
      "word": "弊絕風清"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìjuéfēngqīng",
      "word": "弊绝风清"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊衣疏食"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊衣簞食"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊衣箪食"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊車羸馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊车羸马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊車駑馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "弊车驽马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìbāng",
      "word": "弊邦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "徇私作弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "徇私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíbì",
      "word": "時弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "shíbì",
      "word": "时弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "杜弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "歲弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "岁弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "民力凋弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "liúbì",
      "word": "流弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "為法自弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "为法自弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "無私有弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "无私有弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yíngsīwǔbì",
      "word": "營私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yíngsīwǔbì",
      "word": "营私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "疲弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "百弊叢生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "百弊丛生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sībì",
      "word": "私弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "積久弊生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "积久弊生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jībì",
      "word": "積弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jībì",
      "word": "积弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "罷弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "罢弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "興利剔弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "兴利剔弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "興利除弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "兴利除弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "舌弊耳聾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "舌弊耳聋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "wǔbì",
      "word": "舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǔpiānjiùbì",
      "word": "補偏救弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bǔpiānjiùbì",
      "word": "补偏救弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "裘弊金盡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "裘弊金尽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "貪汙舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "贪污舞弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "醫時救弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "医时救弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "金舌弊口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "防弊除害"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "除弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "革弊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "風清弊絕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "风清弊绝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "齒弊舌存"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "齿弊舌存"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *beds"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "y",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "敝//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "destroy, tatters",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *beds, *bed</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "廾//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "both hands",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "廾 (“both hands”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "敝",
        "2": "廾",
        "c1": "p",
        "c2": "s",
        "ls": "psc",
        "ls2": "ic",
        "t1": "destroy, tatters",
        "t2": "both hands"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "敝",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "敝",
      "name": "zh-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”): emphatic form of 敝 — destroying something with both hands.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "弊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 43 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit"
      ],
      "id": "en-弊-zh-character-1ayGy4is",
      "links": [
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "malpractice",
          "malpractice"
        ],
        [
          "deceit",
          "deceit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 43 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 40 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drawback; defect"
      ],
      "id": "en-弊-zh-character-h5XhnNr6",
      "links": [
        [
          "drawback",
          "drawback"
        ],
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 43 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh crap! I forgot to bring my purse.",
          "ref": "弊喇!唔記得帶銀包添。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "弊喇!唔记得带银包添。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nbai⁶ laa³! m⁴ gei³ dak¹ daai³ ngan⁴ baau¹ tim¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous"
      ],
      "id": "en-弊-zh-character-IOi4y0BM",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "awful",
          "awful"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "disastrous",
          "disastrous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛi²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pex"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjiejH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*beds/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ pī /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛi²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*beds/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "弊"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese interjections",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zuòbì",
      "word": "作弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "diāobì",
      "word": "凋弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "切中時弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "切中时弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "利多於弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "利多于弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lìbì",
      "word": "利弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "利弊互見"
    },
    {
      "word": "利弊互见"
    },
    {
      "word": "利弊參半"
    },
    {
      "word": "利弊参半"
    },
    {
      "word": "利弊得失"
    },
    {
      "word": "宿弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊倖"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊幸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìhài",
      "word": "弊害"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊履"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊帚千金"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊帚自珍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìzhèng",
      "word": "弊政"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊案"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìbìng",
      "word": "弊病"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊竇"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊窦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìduān",
      "word": "弊端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìjuéfēngqīng",
      "word": "弊絕風清"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìjuéfēngqīng",
      "word": "弊绝风清"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊衣疏食"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊衣簞食"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊衣箪食"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊車羸馬"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊车羸马"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊車駑馬"
    },
    {
      "word": "弊车驽马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìbāng",
      "word": "弊邦"
    },
    {
      "word": "徇私作弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "徇私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíbì",
      "word": "時弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shíbì",
      "word": "时弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "杜弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "歲弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "岁弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "民力凋弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liúbì",
      "word": "流弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "為法自弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "为法自弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "無私有弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "无私有弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíngsīwǔbì",
      "word": "營私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíngsīwǔbì",
      "word": "营私舞弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "疲弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "百弊叢生"
    },
    {
      "word": "百弊丛生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sībì",
      "word": "私弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "積久弊生"
    },
    {
      "word": "积久弊生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jībì",
      "word": "積弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jībì",
      "word": "积弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "罷弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "罢弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "興利剔弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "兴利剔弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "興利除弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "兴利除弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "舌弊耳聾"
    },
    {
      "word": "舌弊耳聋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǔbì",
      "word": "舞弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔpiānjiùbì",
      "word": "補偏救弊"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bǔpiānjiùbì",
      "word": "补偏救弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "裘弊金盡"
    },
    {
      "word": "裘弊金尽"
    },
    {
      "word": "貪汙舞弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "贪污舞弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "醫時救弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "医时救弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "金舌弊口"
    },
    {
      "word": "防弊除害"
    },
    {
      "word": "除弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "革弊"
    },
    {
      "word": "風清弊絕"
    },
    {
      "word": "风清弊绝"
    },
    {
      "word": "齒弊舌存"
    },
    {
      "word": "齿弊舌存"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *beds"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "y",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "敝//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "destroy, tatters",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *beds, *bed</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "廾//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "both hands",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "廾 (“both hands”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "敝",
        "2": "廾",
        "c1": "p",
        "c2": "s",
        "ls": "psc",
        "ls2": "ic",
        "t1": "destroy, tatters",
        "t2": "both hands"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "敝",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "敝",
      "name": "zh-m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *beds) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed, “destroy, tatters”) + semantic 廾 (“both hands”): emphatic form of 敝 — destroying something with both hands.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "弊",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fraud; harm; malpractice; deceit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fraud",
          "fraud"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "malpractice",
          "malpractice"
        ],
        [
          "deceit",
          "deceit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drawback; defect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drawback",
          "drawback"
        ],
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh crap! I forgot to bring my purse.",
          "ref": "弊喇!唔記得帶銀包添。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "弊喇!唔记得带银包添。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nbai⁶ laa³! m⁴ gei³ dak¹ daai³ ngan⁴ baau¹ tim¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "awful",
          "awful"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "disastrous",
          "disastrous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "би"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bi⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛi²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
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        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pex"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bjiejH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "other": "/ pī /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛi²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pe²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*beds/"
    }
  ],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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