> I don't know if it's true, but I was told once that bing means disease in Mandarin. Sort of but not really. It depends on the intonation and even with the r

> I don't know if it's true, but I was told once that bing means disease in Mandarin. Sort of but not really. It depends on the intonation and even with the right intonation (bing4 / bìng), the sound maps to several other possible words aside from "disease".