兵法

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (兵法)		兵	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīngfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīngfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bingfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ping¹-fa³
  - Yale: bīng-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingfaa
  - Palladius: бинфа (binfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ faat³
  - Yale: bīng faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: ping-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: penghoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

兵法

art of war; military tactics and strategies

Derived terms

兵法家
太公兵法
孫子兵法 / 孙子兵法 (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	法
ひょう Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
goon

Kanji in this term
兵	法
へい Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 兵法

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーほー [héꜜèhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) へーほー [hèéhóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [he̞ːho̞ː]

(Tokyo) ひょーほー [hyóꜜòhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ço̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

兵(へい)法(ほう) • (heihō) ^{←へいはふ (feifafu)^?}
兵(ひょう)法(ほう) • (hyōhō) ^{←ひゃうはふ (fyaufafu)^?}

(military) the art of war; tactics; strategy
孫(そん)子(し)の兵(へい)法(ほう)
Sonshi no Heihō
Sun Tzu's The Art of War
- 1953, 坂口安吾, 梟雄:
  最(もっと)も有利(ゆうり)な武器(ぶき)の発見(はっけん)とそれを能率的(のうりつてき)に使用(しよう)する兵法(へいほう)の発見(はっけん)とである。
  Mottomo yūri na buki no hakken to sore o nōritsuteki ni shiyō suru heihō no hakken to de aru.
  It's discovering the most advantageous weapons and discovering the most efficient military tactics with which to use them.

See also

兎(うさぎ)兵(へい)法(ほう) (usagiheihō)
炬(こ)燵(たつ)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (kotatsubyōhō)
座(ざ)敷(しき)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (zashikibyōhō)
生(なま)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (namabyōhō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
兵	法

Noun

兵法 • (byeongbeop) (hangeul 병법)

hanja form^? of 병법 (“art of war, military tactics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兵	法

Noun

兵法

chữ Hán form of binh pháp (“art of war, military tactics”)