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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
病 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大一人月 (KMOB ), four-corner 00127 , composition ⿸疒 丙 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 772 , character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22127
Dae Jaweon: page 1182, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2664, character 13
Unihan data for U+75C5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
更
*kraːŋ, *kraːŋs
粳
*kraːŋ
埂
*kraːŋ, *kraːŋʔ
浭
*kraːŋ
稉
*kraːŋ
梗
*kraːŋʔ
哽
*kraːŋʔ
綆
*kraːŋʔ
鯁
*kraːŋʔ
挭
*kraːŋʔ
骾
*kraːŋʔ
郠
*kraːŋʔ
硬
*ŋɡraːŋs, *ŋɡraːŋs
鞕
*ŋɡraːŋs
丙
*pqraŋʔ
炳
*praŋʔ
邴
*praŋʔ, *praŋs
怲
*praŋʔ, *praŋs
苪
*praŋʔ
蛃
*praŋʔ
昺
*praŋʔ
昞
*praŋʔ
窉
*praŋʔ
柄
*praŋʔ, *praŋs
鈵
*praŋs
寎
*praŋs
病
*braŋs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *braŋs ) : semantic 疒 ( “ sickness ” ) + phonetic 丙 ( OC *pqraŋʔ) – illness. Note that 丙 also means “fire”, hence connotations of “lying feverishly in bed”.
Etymology
Cognate with 怲 (OC *praŋʔ, *praŋs , “to worry”) (Schuessler, 2007 ). This may be part of larger word family including 炳 (OC *praŋʔ , “bright”) with the basic meaning of “warm; hot” (ibid. ). It has also been connected with 傷 (OC *hljaŋ ) (Unger, 1986 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : bìng (bing4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄅㄧㄥˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : bin4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : бин (bin, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : beng6 / bing6
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : biang5
Gan (Wiktionary ) : piang5
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : phiang
(Hailu , HRS ) : piang˖
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : piang4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : bi3 / bing3
Northern Min (KCR ) : bāng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : bâng / bêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : pīⁿ / pēⁿ / pǐⁿ / pieⁿ / pēng / pǐn
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : bên7
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : be1 / bing7
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 bin
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : bin5 / bin4
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : bbionn5 / bbin5
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : bian5 / bin5
Note :
beng6 - vernacular;
bing6 - literary (uncommon).
Note :
bi3 - vernacular;
bing3 - literary.
Note :
bâng - vernacular;
bêng - literary.
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Yongchun , Taipei , Sanxia , Kinmen , Magong , Hsinchu , Singapore )
(Hokkien : Zhangzhou , Zhangpu , Changtai , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Yilan , Taichung , Singapore )
(Hokkien : Lukang )
(Hokkien : Longyan )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Yongchun , Zhangpu , Changtai , General Taiwanese )
(Hokkien : Longyan )
Note :
pīⁿ/pēⁿ/pǐⁿ/pieⁿ - vernacular;
pēng/pǐn - literary.
Note :
be1 - vernacular;
bing7 - literary.
Note :
bin5 - vernacular;
bin4 - literary.
Note :
bbionn5 - vernacular;
bbin5 - literary.
Note :
bian5 - vernacular;
bin5 - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
病
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
bìng
Middle Chinese
‹ bjængH ›
Old Chinese
/*raŋ-s/
English
extreme illness
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
病
Reading #
1/1
No.
898
Phonetic component
丙
Rime group
陽
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
病
Old Chinese
/*braŋs/
Definitions
病
illness ; sickness ; disease
evil ; ill
fault ; flaw
to fall ill; to be sick ; to be ill
我 姥姥 病 了 。 ― Wǒ lǎolao bìng le. ― My grandma got sick .
to worry ; to be anxious
to criticize ; to denounce
詬病 / 诟病 ― gòubìng ― to criticize
Synonyms
患 ( huàn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 症 ( zhèng ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 疾 ( jí ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 病患 ( bìnghuàn ) 疾病 ( jíbìng ) 病疾 ( bìngjí ) ( literary ) 病症 ( bìngzhèng ) 疾症 病痛 ( bìngtòng ) 症頭 / 症头 ( Hakka, Hokkien ) 病魔 ( bìngmó ) ( figurative )
Dialectal synonyms of
生病 (“to fall ill; to be ill”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
生病 , 得病 , 患 , 患病 , 害病 , 染病 , 發病 , 病倒 , 帶病 , 抱病 , 抱恙 , 罹病 , 罹患
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
病 , 得病 , 鬧病 , 不舒服
Taiwan
病 , 生病 , 不舒服
Ulanhot
病
Tongliao
病
Chifeng
病
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
病
Harbin
病 , 作病
Malaysia
生病
Singapore
生病
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
長病 , 病 , 不好 , 不熨貼 , 不舒坦 , 不得勁兒 , 鬧症候
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
得病 , 病病兒 , 不濟 , 不熨貼
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
害病 , 生病 , 病 , 有病兒 , 不好 , 不老兒好 , 不美氣
Wanrong
犯病 , 難過
Zhengzhou
病 , 不得勁
Xi'an
害病 , 得病 , 病 , 不受活 of an adult , 不乖 of a child
Xining
病下 , 得病 , 不爽快
Xuzhou
得病 , 害病 , 病 , 不舒坦 , 不舒服 , 不如適 , 出故事 of a child , 出症兒 of a child , 出症 of a child
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
得病 , 病下 , 不行下 , 不受活 , 不乖 of a child
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
得病 , 害病 , 不受活 , 不乖 of a child
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
害病 , 有病 , 得病 , 不好 , 不清乾 Hui
Bayanhot
害病 , 病
Lanzhou
病下 , 不舒坦 , 不爽快 , 不輕身 of an adult , 不乖 of a child , 變狗 of a child
Ürümqi
病下 , 害病 , 不舒服
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
害病 , 得病 , 病 , 不好 , 不安逸
Wuhan
害病 , 病 , 有病 , 不好 , 不舒服 , 不乖 of a child , 做狗狗 of a child
Guiyang
痛病 , 痛 , 生病 , 不好在 , 不安逸 , 逗狗 of a child
Kunming
不好
Guilin
病
Liuzhou
病 , 做狗崽 of a child , 做狗 of a child
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
生病 , 害病 , 不爽快 , 不爽 , 不舒服
Yangzhou
害病 , 不好過
Nantong
不好過
Hefei
害病 , 病 , 不伸坦
Cantonese
Guangzhou
病 , 唔舒服 , 唔精神 , 唔自然
Hong Kong
病 , 唔舒服 , 唔精神 dated , 唔自然 dated
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
病
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
病
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
有病
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
有病
Macau
病
Guangzhou (Panyu)
病
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
唔精神
Guangzhou (Conghua)
病
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
病 , 唔精神
Foshan
病
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
病
Foshan (Shunde)
唔精神
Foshan (Sanshui)
唔精神
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
病
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
病
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
病
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
病
Zhuhai (Doumen)
病 , 唔精神
Jiangmen (Baisha)
病
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
病
Taishan
病
Kaiping (Chikan)
病 , 唔精神
Enping (Niujiang)
病 , 唔舒服
Heshan (Yayao)
病
Dongguan
病 , 唔精神
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
唔養得
Yangjiang
病 , 得病 , 無自由
Nanning
生病 , 病
Wuzhou
生病
Yulin
生病
Hepu (Lianzhou)
發病
Danzhou
有病
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
病
Singapore (Guangfu)
病
Gan
Nanchang
生病 , 病 , 不好過 , 不舒服
Lichuan
病
Pingxiang
病 , 不熨貼
Hakka
Meixian
發病 , 起病 , 唔自然 , 唔舒服 , 犯病
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
有病
Dongguan (Qingxi)
唔做得
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
唔做得
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
病
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
病
Yudu
病
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
發病仔 , 發病 , 破病 , 著病 , 得病 , 致病 , 唔鬆爽 , 唔自然
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
發病 , 破病 , 著病 , 得病 , 致病 , 唔鬆爽 , 唔自然
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
發病 , 著病 , 破病 , 得病 , 致病 , 唔鬆爽 , 唔自然
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
破病 , 著病 , 得病 , 致病 , 唔鬆爽 , 唔快活 , 唔自然
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
發病仔 , 發病 , 破病 , 著病 , 得病 , 致病 , 唔鬆爽 , 唔自然
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
破病 , 著病 , 無快活 , 無堵好
Hong Kong
病
Luchuan (Daqiao)
生病
Senai (Huiyang)
病
Huizhou
Jixi
害病 , 起病
Jin
Taiyuan
病 , 害病 , 鬧病 , 難活
Xinzhou
難過
Taibus (Baochang)
病
Linhe
病
Jining
病
Hohhot
難過
Baotou
病
Dongsheng
病
Haibowan
難活
Northern Min
Jian'ou
病 , 凊著 , 伓鬆爽
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
破病 , 病去 , 𣍐爽快 , 做犬 of a child
Southern Min
Xiamen
破病 , 著病 , 致病 , 無爽 , 無好勢 , 艱苦
Quanzhou
破病 , 毋好 , 著病 , 致病 , 艱苦
Jinjiang
破病
Yongchun
破病
Zhangzhou
破病 , 著病 , 致病 , 毋愛 , 𣍐乖 of a child
Taipei
破病
New Taipei (Sanxia)
破病
Kaohsiung
破病 , 艱苦
Yilan
破病 , 艱苦
Changhua (Lukang)
破病
Taichung
破病 , 艱苦
Taichung (Wuqi)
破病
Tainan
破病 , 艱苦
Taitung
破病
Hsinchu
破病
Kinmen
破病
Penghu (Magong)
破病
Penang (Hokkien)
破病
Singapore (Hokkien)
破病
Manila (Hokkien)
毋好 , 破病
Pingnan (Shangdu)
病
Chaozhou
生病 , 唔好 , 無若好
Shantou
破相 , 儂孬
Shantou (Chenghai)
破相 , 儂孬
Jieyang
著病 , 破病 , 生毛
Bangkok (Teochew)
唔寬活 , 儂孬
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
破病
Singapore (Teochew)
破病
Leizhou
惡抵
Wenchang
惡耐 , 生病
Haikou
病 , 病痛 , 惡抵 , 惡耐
Qionghai
病 , 惡耐
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
唔精神
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
病
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
病
Wu
Shanghai
生病 , 生毛病 , 有毛病 , 勿適意 , 勿舒服
Shanghai (Chongming)
無得力氣
Suzhou
生病 , 生毛病 , 勿適意 , 勿鬆 suburbs
Wuxi
生病
Danyang
生病 , 害病 , 弗好過 , 無本事
Hangzhou
生毛病 , 不舒服
Wenzhou
生病 , 病 , 否好過
Jinhua
生病 , 弗好過
Xiang
Changsha
得病 , 病 , 不好過
Loudi
病
Shuangfeng
病 , 不好過
Quanzhou
生病
Compounds
Descendants
Others :
References
Japanese
Kanji
病
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
have a disease ; disease
being stiff and not able to move
difficult
suffer
make one suffer
Readings
Go-on : びょう ( byō , Jōyō ) ←びやう ( byau , historical )
Kan-on : へい ( hei , Jōyō † )
Kun : やむ ( ya mu , 病む , Jōyō ) 、やまい ( yamai , 病 , Jōyō ) ←やまひ ( yamafi , 病 , historical ) 、うれい ( urei , 病 ) ←うれひ ( urefi , 病 , historical )
Compounds
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
/yamapi/ → */yamawi/ → /yamai/
連用形( れんようけい ) ( ren'yōkei ) of Old Japanese verb 病( や ) まふ ( yamafu , “ to suffer from a disease ” ) , a compound of 病( や ) ま ( yama ) , the 未然形( みぜんけい ) ( mizenkei ) of 病( や ) む ( yamu , “ to fall ill, to become sick ” ) , + auxiliary verb ふ ( fu , indicating repetition or ongoing state ) .
Noun
病( やまい ) • (yamai ) ←やまひ ( yamafi ) ?
disease , illness
彼( かれ ) は病( やまい ) を患( わずら ) った。Kare wa yamai o wazuratta. He is affected with disease .
a bad habit
彼( かれ ) は人( ひと ) の物( もの ) をとる病( やまい ) がある。Kare wa hito no mono o toru yamai ga aru. He is light-fingered .
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 病 (MC bjaengH , “disease, illness”).
Suffix
病( びょう ) • (-byō )
disease , illness
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
病 (eumhun 병들 병 ( byeongdeul byeong ) )
hanja form? of 병 ( “ illness; disease ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
病 : Hán Nôm readings: bệnh , bạnh , nạch , bịnh
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