軍事

See also: 军事

Chinese

		army; military; arms	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (軍事)		軍	事
simp. (军事)		军	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūnshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan¹ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûn-sṳ
• Northern Min (KCR): gé̤ng-sū
• Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-sê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun-sīr / kun-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gung¹ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyunshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chün¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyūn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunshyh
    • Palladius: цзюньши (czjunʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 均勢 / 均势 軍事 / 军事 軍勢 / 军势 軍士 / 军士

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan¹ si⁶
    • Yale: gwān sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 軍事 / 军事 軍士 / 军士

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: giun^ˊ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giun¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gé̤ng-sū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœyŋ⁵⁴ su⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: kun-sīr
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-sū
    • Tâi-lô: kun-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunsu
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ su³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² su²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gung¹ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kung sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ³³⁻²³ sɯ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjun dzriH

Rime
Character	軍	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉云切	鉏吏切
Baxter	kjun	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨun/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiun/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuən/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kun/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/kiuən/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/kĭuən/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uən/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷər  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kun  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	軍	事
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjun ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷər/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	army; camp	serve; service, affair
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	軍	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	7333	11486
Phonetic component	軍	史
Rime group	文	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	君	事
Old Chinese	/*kun/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Noun

軍事

1. military matters

   軍事計謀／军事计谋  ―  jūnshì jìmóu  ―  military stratagem

   軍事集團／军事集团  ―  jūnshì jítuán  ―  military bloc

   軍事力量／军事力量  ―  jūnshì lìliang  ―  military might

   軍事政變／军事政变  ―  jūnshì zhèngbiàn  ―  military coup

Synonyms

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• 軍務 / 军务 (jūnwù)
• 軍旅 / 军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)

Derived terms

• 中央軍事委員會 / 中央军事委员会 (Zhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì)
• 軍事化 / 军事化 (jūnshìhuà)
• 軍事基地 / 军事基地
• 軍事委員會 / 军事委员会 (jūnshì wěiyuánhuì)
• 軍事學 / 军事学 (jūnshìxué)
• 軍事家 / 军事家 (jūnshìjiā)
• 軍事情報 / 军事情报
• 軍事法庭 / 军事法庭 (jūnshì fǎtíng)
• 軍事演習 / 军事演习 (jūnshì yǎnxí)
• 軍事監獄 / 军事监狱 (jūnshì jiānyù)
• 軍事科學 / 军事科学 (jūnshì kēxué)
• 軍事管制 / 军事管制
• 軍事行動 / 军事行动
• 軍事部門 / 军事部门
• 軍事體育 / 军事体育
• 非軍事化 / 非军事化 (fēijūnshìhuà)
• 非軍事區 / 非军事区 (fēijūnshìqū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (軍事):

• → Japanese: 軍(ぐん)事(じ) (gunji)
• → Korean: 군사(軍事) (gunsa)
• → Vietnamese: quân sự (軍事)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
軍	事
ぐん Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3
kan'yōon	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐんじ [gúꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

軍(ぐん)事(じ) • (gunji) 

1. military matters
   • 2025 August 11 (last accessed), 笠井亮 [Akira Kasai], quotee, “第208回国会　衆議院　本会議　第32号　令和4年6月9日 [208th Diet, House of Representatives, Plenary Session No. 32, June 9, 2022]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:

     それは、東アジアと世界に新たな軍事的緊張と軍事対軍事の悪循環、戦争への道にほかなりません。

     Sore wa, higashi ajia to sekai ni arata na gunjiteki kinchō to gunji tai gunji no akujunkan, sensō e no michi ni hoka nari masen.

     This will lead to new military tensions and a vicious cycle of military-versus-military conflict in East Asia and the world, and will lead to nothing but war.

Derived terms

• 軍(ぐん)事(じ)化(か) (gunjika)
• 軍(ぐん)事(じ)的(てき) (gunjiteki)

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
軍	事

Noun

軍事 • (gunsa) (hangeul 군사)

1. hanja form^? of 군사 (“military affairs”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
軍	事

Adjective

軍事

1. chữ Hán form of quân sự (“military”)