行伍

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	associate with; five; company
simp. and trad. (行伍)		行	伍

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hángwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ ng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâng-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hángwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hángwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hang²-wu³
  - Yale: háng-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngwuu
  - Palladius: ханъу (xanʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong⁴ ng⁵
  - Yale: hòhng ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ ng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ ŋ̍¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: hâng-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hangngor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: hang nguX

Rime
Character	行	伍
Reading #	1/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡郎切	疑古切
Baxter	hang	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/	/ŋuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/	/ŋuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/	/ŋɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋo^X/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong⁴	ng⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaŋ C.ŋˤaʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋ ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	行	伍
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háng	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hang ›	‹ ngu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaŋ/	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	rank, row	group of five
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	行	伍
Reading #	1/4	1/1
No.	13864	13148
Phonetic component	行	五
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	航	五
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋ/	/*ŋaːʔ/

Noun

行伍

(dated or historical) army ranks

Synonyms

師徒 / 师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
戎行 (róngháng) (literary)
武裝 / 武装 (wǔzhuāng)
軍旅 / 军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)
軍隊 / 军队 (jūnduì)
部下 (bùxià) (troops under one's command)
部屬 / 部属 (bùshǔ) (troops under one's command)
部眾 / 部众 (bùzhòng) (literary, troops under one's command)
部隊 / 部队 (bùduì)
隊伍 / 队伍 (duìwǔ)
隊列 / 队列 (duìliè) (formation)
麾下 (huīxià) (archaic, troops under one's command)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行伍):

→ Japanese: 行伍(こうご) (kōgo)
→ Vietnamese: hàng ngũ (行伍)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
行	伍

Noun

行伍

chữ Hán form of hàng ngũ (“army ranks”)