Chinese symbol for “drawback”
弊病
bì bìng
malady; evil; malpractice; drawback
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drawback is 弊病 (bì bìng), defined as: malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弊病.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作弊 | zuò bì | to practice fraud; to cheat |
| 舞弊 | wǔ bì | to engage in fraud |
| 弊端 | bì duān | systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) |
| 利弊 | lì bì | pros and cons; merits and drawbacks |
| 弊案 | bì àn | scandal |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drawback”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.