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- B- in Chinese is unvoiced, whereas it's voiced in English
- the -ing in Chinese and English are pronounced slightly differently
- Bing in English is usually inflected somewhere between 1st and 4th tone -- 病, properly pronounced, has a much more noticeable downward pitch slide
It's fair to say though that if you say 'Bing' when you mean 病, a Mandarin speaker will probably understand you.
Source: am native English and Chinese speaker
- B- in Chinese is unvoiced, whereas it's voiced in English
- the -ing in Chinese and English are pronounced slightly differently
- Bing in English is usually inflected somewhere between 1st and 4th tone -- 病, properly pronounced, has a much more noticeable downward pitch slide
It's fair to say though that if you say 'Bing' when you mean 病, a Mandarin speaker will probably understand you.
Source: am native English and Chinese speaker