武俠

See also: 武侠

Chinese

		martial; military	knight-errant; chivalrous; heroic
trad. (武俠)		武	俠
simp. (武侠)		武	侠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mou⁵ hap⁶ / mou⁵ haap⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mu⁴ hiap⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vú-hia̍p
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsiá
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-hsia²
    • Yale: wǔ-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushya
    • Palladius: уся (usja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ hap⁶ / mou⁵ haap⁶
    • Yale: móuh hahp / móuh haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hap⁹ / mou⁵ haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heb⁶ / mou⁵ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐp̚²/, /mou̯¹³ haːp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mu⁴ hiap⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbu²¹ hiap̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-hia̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ hiab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ hiab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vu³¹ hi̯ap̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-kiap
    • Tâi-lô: bú-kiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'kiab
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiap̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/

Noun

武俠

1. knight-errant
2. wuxia (a genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China)

Synonyms

• (knight-errant): 豪俠／豪侠 (háoxiá), 劍俠／剑侠 (jiànxiá), 俠客／侠客 (xiákè), 俠士／侠士 (xiáshì), 遊俠／游侠 (yóuxiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (武俠):

• → Japanese: 武侠(ぶきょう) (bukyō)
• → Korean: 무협(武俠) (muhyeop)
• → Vietnamese: võ hiệp (武俠)

Other:

• → English: wuxia
• → Russian: уся́ (usjá)