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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄕˋ
  - 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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    兵事
    兵勢／兵势
    兵士
    冰室
    冰釋／冰释
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

soldier

Synonyms

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːɕi]

Noun

兵(へい)士(し) • (heishi)

(military) a soldier
(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)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
兵	士

Noun

兵士 • (byeongsa) (hangeul 병사)

hanja form^? of 병사 (“soldier”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兵	士

Noun

兵士

chữ Hán form of binh sĩ (“soldier”).

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