老病根

老病根

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	root cause of a disease; source of disease
simp. and trad. (老病根)		老	病根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎobìnggēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎobìnggēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobinqgen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobìnggen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ piŋ⁵¹ kən⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎobìnggēnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄣㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laobinqgel
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎobìnggenr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ piŋ⁵¹ kəɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

老病根

1. lingering effect of an incompletely cured disease; old symptom complaint