歩兵

From an earlier borrowing of Middle Chinese 步兵 (MC buH pjaeng).

• (Tokyo) ほへー [hòhéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞he̞ː]

歩(ほ)兵(へい) • (hohei) 

1. an infantryman, foot soldier

   Synonyms: 雑兵 (zōhyō, zappyō), 歩兵 (fuhyō)

2. (historical) the soldier who organised the infantry under the Tokugawa shōgunate
3. (historical) the infantry of the Imperial Japanese Army
4. (shogi, archaic or colloquial) synonym of 歩 (fu) or 歩 (ho): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

• 足(あし)軽(がる) (ashigaru)

/ɸu ɸʲau/ → /ɸuçau/ → /ɸuçɔː/ → /ɸuçoː/

From a much-later or orthographic borrowing from Chinese 步兵 (bùbīng).

• (Tokyo) ふひょー [fùhyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ço̞ː]

歩(ふ)兵(ひょう) • (fuhyō) ^{←ふひやう (fufyau)?}

1. (shogi) synonym of 歩 (fu): a foot soldier (piece that can move one space forward), erroneously called in most literature as the equivalent of the “pawn” in Western chess

   Synonym: 兵 (hyō)

   Hypernym: 小駒 (kogoma)

2. synonym of 歩兵 (hohei, “infantryman, foot soldier”)

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