解放軍

See also: 解放军

Chinese

		to liberate; to emancipate; to free	army; military; arms
trad. (解放軍)		解放	軍
simp. (解放军)		解放	军

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiěfàngjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² fong³ gwan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-fong-kiûn / kiái-fong-kiûn
Eastern Min (BUC): gāi-huóng-gŭng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-hòng-kun
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cia-faon-ciun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiěfàngjūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄤˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiěfàngjyun
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-fang⁴-chün¹
  - Yale: jyě-fàng-jyūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieefanqjiun
  - Palladius: цзефанцзюнь (czefanczjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai² fong³ gwan¹
  - Yale: gáai fong gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² fong³ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai² fong³ guen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ fɔːŋ³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-fong-kiûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˋ fong giun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gie³ fong⁴ giun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ foŋ⁵⁵ ki̯un²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-fong-kiûn
  - Hakka Romanization System: giai^ˋ fong giun^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ fong⁴ giun¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ foŋ⁵⁵ ki̯un²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gāi-huóng-gŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³³⁻²¹ ^(h-)uoŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-hòng-kun
  - Tâi-lô: kái-hòng-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay'horngkwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kun⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cia-faon-ciun
  - MiniDict: cia^去 faon ciuin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jia-faan-jyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕia³³ fɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn²¹/

Noun

解放軍

(non-idiomatic) army mobilised for the purpose of liberating a political entity
科索沃解放軍／科索沃解放军 ― Kēsuǒwò jiěfàngjūn ― Kosovo Liberation Army
member of such an army

Proper noun

解放軍

the People's Liberation Army

Usage notes

This term is usually avoided by the Kuomintang, its supporters and generally in Taiwan, who instead use 共軍 / 共军 (gòngjūn, “communist forces”) to refer to the PLA.

Synonyms

中國人民解放軍／中国人民解放军 (Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn)
(Kuomintang) 共軍／共军 (gòngjūn)