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

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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)
部卒 (bùzú) (dated)

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)

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”)

[NHK-1] 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

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