憲兵

See also: 宪兵

Chinese

		statute; constitution	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (憲兵)		憲	兵
simp. (宪兵)		宪	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin³ bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiàn-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànbing
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-ping¹
    • Yale: syàn-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannbing
    • Palladius: сяньбин (sjanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin³ bing¹
    • Yale: hin bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin³ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin³ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàn-peng
    • Tâi-lô: hiàn-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiernpefng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɪŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

憲兵

1. military police

   日軍憲兵在二戰中犯下了罄竹難書的戰爭罪。 [MSC, trad.]
   日军宪兵在二战中犯下了罄竹难书的战争罪。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rìjūn xiànbīng zài èrzhàn zhōng fàn xià le qìngzhúnánshū de zhànzhēngzuì. [Pinyin]

   The Imperial Japanese Army's Military Police committed innumerable war crimes during World War 2.

2. military police officer
3. gendarmerie
4. gendarme

Derived terms

• 國家憲兵 / 国家宪兵 (guójiā xiànbīng, “gendarmerie”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
憲	兵
けん Grade: 6	へい > ぺい Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

From 憲 (ken, “law”) +‎ 兵 (hei, “soldier”).

The hei changes to pei as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんぺー [kéꜜǹpèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞mpe̞ː]

Noun

憲(けん)兵(ぺい) • (kenpei) 

1. military police [since 1881]
2. gendarmerie

Derived terms

• 憲兵(けんぺい)司令部(しれいぶ) (Kenpei Shireibu)
• 憲兵隊(けんぺいたい) (kenpeitai)

References

• “憲兵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
憲	兵

Noun

憲兵 • (heonbyeong or McCune-Reischauer: hŏnbyŏng or Yale: hēnpyeng) (hangeul 헌병)

1. hanja form^? of 헌병 (“military police; gendarmerie”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
憲	兵

Noun

憲兵

1. chữ Hán form of hiến binh (“gendarmerie”)