兵士

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (兵士)		兵	士
anagram		士兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-sǐr / peng-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingshìh
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: bīng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingshyh
    • Palladius: бинши (binši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ si⁶
    • Yale: bīng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: ping-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-sū
    • Tâi-lô: ping-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/

Noun

兵士

1. soldier

Synonyms

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• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
• 兵員／兵员 (bīngyuán)
• 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
• 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
• 士兵 (shìbīng)
• 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
• 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
• 營兵／营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
• 甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
• 軍人／军人 (jūnrén)
• 軍士／军士 (jūnshì)

 

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
兵	士
へい Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

兵 (hei, “soldier”) +‎ 士 (shi, “man of breeding”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーし [héꜜèshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːɕi]

Noun

兵(へい)士(し) • (heishi) 

1. (military) a soldier
2. (Christianity) a rank of a member of the Salvation Army

Synonyms

• 兵卒(へいそつ) (heisotsu)

See also

• 兵隊(へいたい) (heitai)

Korean

Hanja in this term
兵	士

Noun

兵士 • (byeongsa) (hangeul 병사)

1. hanja form^? of 병사 (“soldier”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兵	士

Noun

兵士

1. chữ Hán form of binh sĩ (“soldier”).