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毛病

máo bìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

毛病 (máo bìng) means "fault; breakdown". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 毛病 means

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

The characters in 毛病

• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill

Example sentences

• 我的相机有毛病。
  Something's wrong with my camera.
• 我的表出了毛病。
  Something is wrong with my watch.
• 我的腿有什么毛病？
  Wǒ de tuǐ yǒu shénme máobìng?
  What's wrong with my legs?
• 我挑不出他的毛病。
  I cannot find fault with him.
• 我的腿有什幺毛病？
  What's wrong with my legs?
• 他们的背都有毛病。
  They have problems with their backs.

Words containing 毛病

• 老毛病lǎo máo bìngchronic illness; old weakness; chronic problem
• 出毛病chū máo bìnga problem appears; to break down
• 挑毛病tiāo máo bìngto nitpick; petty criticism; to nag

Where 毛病 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Evaluation, Faults & Criticism (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read máo bìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.