興兵

See also: 兴兵

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (興兵)		興	兵
simp. (兴兵)		兴	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīngbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ bing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): heng-peng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīngbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: singbing
  - Wade–Giles: hsing¹-ping¹
  - Yale: syīng-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingbing
  - Palladius: синбин (sinbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hing¹ bing¹
  - Yale: hīng bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-peng
  - Tâi-lô: hing-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hengpefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ³³ piɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: xing pjaeng

Rime
Character	興	兵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	虚陵切	甫明切
Baxter	xing	pjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨŋ/	/pˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨŋ/	/pᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xieŋ/	/piaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hiŋ/	/piajŋ/
Li Rong	/xiəŋ/	/piɐŋ/
Wang Li	/xĭəŋ/	/pĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯əŋ/	/pi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīng	bīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hing¹	bing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)əŋ praŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯŋ praŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	興	兵
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xīng	bīng
Middle Chinese	‹ xing ›	‹ pjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)əŋ/	/*praŋ/
English	lift, rise	weapon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	興	兵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	13858	865
Phonetic component	興	兵
Rime group	蒸	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	興	兵
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯŋ/	/*praŋ/

Verb

興兵

(literary) to raise an army; to dispatch troops

Synonyms

出兵 (chūbīng)
動兵 / 动兵 (dòngbīng)
動用軍隊 / 动用军队 (dòngyòng jūnduì)
派兵 (pàibīng)
派遣軍隊 / 派遣军队 (pàiqiǎn jūnduì)
發兵 / 发兵 (fābīng)
興師 / 兴师 (xīngshī) (literary)
舉兵 / 举兵 (jǔbīng) (literary)
調兵 / 调兵 (diàobīng) (literary)
起兵 (qǐbīng)
進兵 / 进兵 (jìnbīng) (literary)
進軍 / 进军 (jìnjūn)
遣兵 (qiǎnbīng) (literary)
驅兵 / 驱兵 (qūbīng) (literary)

Antonyms

撤兵 (chèbīng)
撤軍 / 撤军 (chèjūn)
收兵 (shōubīng) (literary)
退兵 (tuìbīng)
退軍 / 退军 (tuìjūn)