Microsoft’s announced the name of their new search engine. It’s called Bing. Interestingly enough, while there are several meanings for “Bing” in Mandarin, one of the more common definitions is “Disease“.

病 = disease

The character part 疒, which itself is without independent meaning as a full word, stands for diseases and words associated with diseases.

先天病 = xian(1)tian(1) bing(4) = congenital disease

后天病 = hou(4)tian(1) bing(4) = acquired disease (as opposed to a congenital one)

性病 = xing(4)bing(4) = venereal disease
 

Lets hope this new search engine can give Google a run for it’s money and doesn’t end up being a disease.