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毛病 máobìng “fault” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 毛病 means

  1. fault
  2. defect
  3. shortcomings
  4. ailment

Measure word 个 gè · 一个毛病 yí ge máobìng

How to say 毛病

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale毛máo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale病bìng4th tone, falling

毛病 in a sentence

  1. 他总是挑别人的毛病。

    Tā zǒngshì tiāo biéren de máobìng.

    He is constantly finding fault with other people.

    Sentence #6822541 from Tatoeba

  2. 我的相机有毛病。

    Wǒ de xiàngjī yǒu máobìng.

    Something’s wrong with my camera.

    Sentence #842326 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 宿舍里的暖气系统出毛病了。

    Sùshè lǐ de nuǎnqì xìtǒng chū máobìng le.

    The heating in our dorm has broken down.

    Sentence #1300385 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 毛病 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 毛 (máo) with each of its parts in a different colour
毛máohair
  • 乇to depend on · zhé
  • 一one · yī
The character 病 (bìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
病bìngillness
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 丙part of the characterSound part

Memory aidSickness 疒, drawn from a bed, with 丙 (bǐng) for the sound: illness.

How to write 毛病

毛 4 strokes · 病 10 strokes

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毛病 (máobìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 毛病 (máobìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 毛病

Words with 毛

毛máo · hair毛巾máojīn · towel羽毛球yǔmáoqiú · shuttlecock眉毛méimao · eyebrow

Words with 病

看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor病bìng · illness生病shēngbìng · to get sick病人bìngrén · patient病毒bìngdú · virus疾病jíbìng · disease弊病bìbìng · drawback

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FAQs

毛病 (máobìng) means “fault” or “defect”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it máobìng: máo with a 2nd tone, then bìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 毛病 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one fault is 一个毛病 (yí ge máobìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maobing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毛病 from the suggestions. Typing maobing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毛病 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.