兵部

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	ministry
simp. and trad. (兵部)		兵	部

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bīngbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bīngbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bingbù
    • Wade–Giles: Ping¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: Bīng-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bingbuh
    • Palladius: Бинбу (Binbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: bīng bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ pou̯²²/

Proper noun

兵部

1. (historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of War (i.e., Defense) from the Tang to Qing dynasties

Hypernyms

• 六部 (Liùbù), 三省六部 (Sānshěng Liùbù); 尚書省／尚书省

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兵部):

• → Japanese: 兵(へい)部(ぶ) (Heibu)
• → Korean: 병부(兵部) (byeongbu)
• → Vietnamese: Binh bộ (兵部)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	部
へい Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 3
kan’on

Kanji in this term
兵	部
へい Grade: 4	ぶ Grade: 3
kan’on	goon

Kanji in this term
兵	部
ひょう Grade: 4	ぶ Grade: 3
goon

Etymology

Middle Chinese 兵部

Proper noun

兵(ひょう)部(ぶ) or 兵(へい)部(ぶ) or 兵(へい)部(ほう) • (Hyōbu or Heibu or Heihō) 

1. (of feudal Japan) Clipping of 兵部省 (Hyōbushō, “Ministry of War”).

兵(へい)部(ぶ) • (Heibu) 

1. (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of War

See also

• 兵(ひょう)部(ぶ)卿(きょう) (Hyōbukyō)
• 六(りく)部(ぶ) (Rikubu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
兵	部

Proper noun

兵部 • (Byeongbu) (hangeul 병부)

1. Hanja form^? of 병부.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兵	部

Proper noun

兵部

1. chữ Hán form of Binh bộ.