Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  (a short axe ()) +  (2 hands) – a pair of hands holding a weapon.

Han character [edit]

(radical 12 +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一金 (OMC), four-corner 72801, composition)

  1. soldier, troops

References [edit]


Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping bing1, Yale bing1)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana へい, romaji hei)

  1. a soldier
  2. a war machine; a weapon
  3. a war
  4. a soldier, but not officer; private; corporal; lance corporal

(hiragana つわもの, romaji tsuwamono)

  1. a war machine; a weapon
  2. military ration
  3. a brave and strong warrior
  4. a stubborn person

(hiragana ひょう, romaji hyō)

  1. an another name for (ふ, fu) in shogi

Synonyms [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised byeong, McCune-Reischauer pyŏng)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin bīng (bing1), (ji1), Wade-Giles ping1, chi1)


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*biæng)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(binh, bênh, banh)

References [edit]