收兵

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (收兵)		收	兵

Etymology

“to attract members of the opposite sex”

Based on 觀音兵／观音兵 (gun¹ jam¹ bing¹).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōubīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ bing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-pîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōubīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoubing
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-ping¹
    • Yale: shōu-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoubing
    • Palladius: шоубин (šoubin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ bing¹
    • Yale: sāu bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ bin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-peng
    • Tâi-lô: siu-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'pefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

收兵

1. (literary) to retreat (an army); to withdraw one’s forces
2. (figurative) to wind up; to conclude; to bring to a close
3. (Hong Kong, slang, neologism) to attract members of the opposite sex so that they would do anything to pursue you