兵戈

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	spear
simp. and trad. (兵戈)		兵	戈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnggē

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ gwo¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnggē
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingge
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-ko¹
    • Yale: bīng-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingge
    • Palladius: бингэ (bingɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ gwo¹
    • Yale: bīng gwō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ gwo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ guo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

兵戈

1. (literary) weapon; arms
2. (literary) war; fighting

Synonyms

• (weapon):

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• 兵刃 (bīngrèn) (literary, figuratively)
• 兵器 (bīngqì)
• 兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
• 凶器 (xiōngqì) (archaic)
• 器械 (qìxiè)
• 戰具／战具 (zhànjù) (literary)
• 槍支／枪支 (qiāngzhī) (firearm)
• 槍械／枪械 (qiāngxiè) (firearm)
• 武器 (wǔqì)
• 火器 (huǒqì) (firearm)
• 火槍／火枪 (huǒqiāng) (firearm)

 

Synonyms

• (war):

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• 兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
• 兵火 (bīnghuǒ) (figurative)
• 兵革 (bīnggé)
• 戎機／戎机 (róngjī) (literary)
• 戰／战 (zhàn)
• 戰伐／战伐 (zhànfá) (literary)
• 戰火／战火 (zhànhuǒ) (figurative)
• 戰爭／战争 (zhànzhēng)
• 白刃 (báirèn) (literary, figurative)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “war”):

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• 和平 (hépíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	戈
へい Grade: 4	か Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーか [héꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːka̠]

Noun

兵(へい)戈(か) • (heika) ^{←へいくわ (feikwa)?}

1. arms
2. war