兼併

Chinese

		double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	amalgamate; combine
trad. (兼併/兼并)		兼	併/并
simp. (兼并)		兼	并

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānbìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gim¹ bing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiâm-pin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiam-pèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānbìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianbìng
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ping⁴
    • Yale: jyān-bìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianbinq
    • Palladius: цзяньбин (czjanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gim¹ bing³
    • Yale: gīm bing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gim¹ bing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gim¹ bing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm⁵⁵ pɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâm-pin
    • Hakka Romanization System: giam´ bin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giam¹ bin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ pin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-pèng
    • Tâi-lô: kiam-pìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiampexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam³³ piɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kem|kemH pjiengX|bengX|pjiengH

Rime
Character	兼	兼	併	併	併
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)	幫 (1)	並 (3)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	添 (157)	添 (157)	清 (121)	青 (125)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III	IV	III
Fanqie	古甜切	古念切	必郢切	蒲迥切	畀政切
Baxter	kem	kemH	pjiengX	bengX	pjiengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kem/	/kemH/	/piᴇŋX/	/beŋX/	/piᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/kem/	/kemH/	/piɛŋX/	/beŋX/	/piɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛm/	/kɛmH/	/piæŋX/	/bɛŋX/	/piæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛm/	/kɛmH/	/piajŋX/	/bɛjŋX/	/piajŋH/
Li Rong	/kem/	/kemH/	/piɛŋX/	/beŋX/	/piɛŋH/
Wang Li	/kiem/	/kiemH/	/pĭɛŋX/	/bieŋX/	/pĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiem/	/kiemH/	/pi̯ɛŋX/	/bʱieŋX/	/pi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiàn	bǐng	bìng	bìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gim1	gim3	bing2	bing6	bing3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːm|keːms  breːŋʔ|breːŋs|peŋʔ|peŋs|beːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	兼
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiān
Middle Chinese	‹ kem ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁem/
English	combine; at the same time
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	兼	兼	併	併	併	併	併
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/5	2/5	3/5	4/5	5/5
No.	6063	6069	928	929	937	939	960
Phonetic component	兼	兼	并	并	并	并	并
Rime group	談	談	耕	耕	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	兼	兼	𠊧	𠊧	餅	摒	竝
Old Chinese	/*keːm/	/*keːms/	/*breːŋʔ/	/*breːŋs/	/*peŋʔ/	/*peŋs/	/*beːŋʔ/
Notes		別分紀念切，集韻並	原右作並此爲注內或體	原右作並

Verb

兼併

1. to annex (territory, a country, etc.)
2. (finance) to acquire and merge; to amalgamate; to take over (a company); to carry out mergers and acquisitions

Synonyms

• (to annex):

• 併吞／并吞 (bìngtūn)
• 侵吞 (qīntūn)
• 包舉／包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
• 吞
• 吞併／吞并 (tūnbìng)
• 吞噬 (tūnshì) (figurative)

 

• (to acquire and merge):

• 併購／并购 (bìnggòu)
• 購併／购并 (gòubìng)