久病成醫
Chinese
| (long) time; (long) duration of time | ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect |
finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth |
medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat | ||
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| trad. (久病成醫) | 久 | 病 | 成 | 醫 | |
| simp. (久病成医) | 久 | 病 | 成 | 医 | |
| alternative forms | 久病成良醫／久病成良医 | ||||
| Literally: “Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.” | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): jiǔbìngchéngyī
- (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔbìngchéngyī
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒubìngchéngyi
- Wade–Giles: chiu3-ping4-chʻêng2-i1
- Yale: jyǒu-bìng-chéng-yī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoubinqcherngi
- Palladius: цзюбинчэнъи (czjubinčɛnʺi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1
- Yale: gáu behng sìhng yī
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau2 beng6 sing4 ji1
- Guangdong Romanization: geo2 béng6 xing4 yi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pɛːŋ²² sɪŋ²¹ jiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
久病成醫