Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- bì
English
- evil, wrong, bad
- detriment
- (interjection) 1. Shit! (noun) cheating
- demerit; disadvantage
- bad; awful; terrible; (of a situation) critical or disastrous
- criminal
- fraud
- harm
- defeat
粵語
- 唔好；壞；差
- 大鑊，事態危急或慘重
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 弊
- 作弊zok3 bai6
to practice fraud
- 舞弊mou5 bai6
to engage in fraud
- 弊端bai6 dyun1
systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- 弊病bai6 beng6
malady
- 利弊lei6 bai6
pros and cons
- 時弊si4 bai6
ills of the day
- 弊處bai6 cyu3
shortcomings
- 流弊lau4 bai6
malpractice
- 弊家伙bai6 gaa1 fo2
"oh no!"
- 弊傢伙bai6 gaa1 fo2
oh no!
- 弊在bai6 zoi6
but, with the meaning of "unfortunately", the following phrase usually describes the cause or problem; used to indicate a critical problem that negates the positive aspects of the subject
- 防弊fong4 bai6
anti-fraud
- 積弊zik1 bai6
age-old (malpractice)
- 弊喇bai6 laa3
doomed; not good; uh-oh!
- 弊嘞bai6 laak3
oh shit; damn it
- 營私舞弊jing4 si1 mou5 bai6
see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4]
- 好弊hou2 bai6
- 弊啦bai6 laa1
- 弊案bai6 on3
scandal
- 至弊zi3 bai6
- 私弊si1 bai6
fraudulent practice
- 雕弊diu1 bai6
variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]
- 宿弊suk1 bai6
long-standing abuse
- 弊家溜bai6 gaa1 leu1
an exclamation, equivalent to "damn!" or "blast"