憲兵

See also: 宪兵

Chinese

		statute; constitution	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (憲兵)		憲	兵
simp. (宪兵)		宪	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ bing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-peng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànbing
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-ping¹
  - Yale: syàn-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannbing
  - Palladius: сяньбин (sjanʹbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin³ bing¹
  - Yale: hin bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin³ bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-peng
  - Tâi-lô: hiàn-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiernpefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

憲兵

military police
日軍憲兵在二戰中犯下了罄竹難書的戰爭罪。 [MSC, trad.]
日军宪兵在二战中犯下了罄竹难书的战争罪。 [MSC, simp.]
Rìjūn xiànbīng zài èrzhàn zhōng fàn xià le qìngzhúnánshū de zhànzhēngzuì. [Pinyin]
The Imperial Japanese Army's Military Police committed innumerable war crimes during World War 2.
military police officer
gendarmerie
gendarme

Derived terms

國家憲兵 / 国家宪兵 (guójiā xiànbīng, “gendarmerie”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憲	兵
けん Grade: 6	へい > ぺい Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

From 憲 (ken, “law”) +‎ 兵 (hei, “soldier”).

The hei changes to pei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんぺー [kéꜜǹpèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mpe̞ː]

Noun

憲(けん)兵(ぺい) • (kenpei)

military police [since 1881]
gendarmerie

Derived terms

憲兵(けんぺい)司令部(しれいぶ) (Kenpei Shireibu)
憲兵隊(けんぺいたい) (kenpeitai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
憲	兵

Noun

憲兵 • (heonbyeong or McCune-Reischauer: hŏnbyŏng or Yale: hēnpyeng) (hangeul 헌병)

hanja form^? of 헌병 (“military police; gendarmerie”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
憲	兵

Noun

憲兵

chữ Hán form of hiến binh (“gendarmerie”)