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): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄧㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. (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)