虎賁

See also: 虎贲

Chinese

		tiger	bright; energetic
trad. (虎賁)		虎	賁
simp. (虎贲)		虎	贲
Literally: “tiger runner”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔbēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔbēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔben
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-pên¹
    • Yale: hǔ-bēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuben
    • Palladius: хубэнь (xubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pən⁵⁵/

Noun

虎賁

1. (archaic) brave warrior
2. (archaic, historical) captain of the imperial guard (official title)

Synonyms

• (warrior):

• 健兒／健儿 (jiàn'ér)
• 勇士 (yǒngshì)
• 壯士／壮士 (zhuàngshì)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 武人 (wǔrén)
• 武士 (wǔshì)
• 鬥士／斗士 (dòushì)