援兵

Chinese

		to help; to assist; to aid	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (援兵)		援	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuánbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁴ bing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuánbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuánbing
  - Wade–Giles: yüan²-ping¹
  - Yale: ywán-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanbing
  - Palladius: юаньбин (juanʹbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wun⁴ bing¹
  - Yale: wùhn bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁴ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wun⁴ bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

援兵

(military) reinforcements

Japanese

Kanji in this term
援	兵
えん Grade: S	へい > ぺい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 援兵

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんぺー [èńpéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mpe̞ː]

Noun

援(えん)兵(ぺい) • (enpei) ^{←ゑんぺい (wenpei)^?}

(military) reinforcements

References

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