憲兵

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See also: 宪兵

Chinese

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


Noun

憲兵

  1. military police
    日軍憲兵二戰罄竹難書戰爭罪 [MSC, trad.]
    日军宪兵二战罄竹难书战争罪 [MSC, simp.]
    Rìjūn xiànbīng zài èrzhàn zhōng fàn xià le qìngzhúnánshū de zhànzhēngzuì.
    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

Japanese

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

Etymology

From (ken, law) +‎ (hei, soldier).

The hei changes to pei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(けん)(ぺい) (kenpei

  1. military police
  2. gendarmerie

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

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

Noun

憲兵

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