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Chinese
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to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle |
scholar; warrior; knight
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| trad. (戰士)
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戰
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士
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| simp. (战士)
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战
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士
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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戰
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士
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhàn
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyenH ›
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‹ dzriX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tar-s/
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/*rəʔ/
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| English
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battle
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officer; gentleman
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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戰
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士
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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2019
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11511
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Phonetic
component
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單
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士
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Rime
group
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元
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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戰
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士
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjans/
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/*zrɯʔ/
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Noun
戰士
- soldier; combatant
- warrior; fighter
Synonyms
- 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
- 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
- 兵卒 (bīngzú) (dated)
- 兵員 / 兵员 (bīngyuán)
- 兵士 (bīngshì)
- 兵跤仔 (Hokkien, dated)
- 士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
- 士兵 (shìbīng)
- 士卒 (shìzú) (archaic)
- 大兵 (dàbīng) (dated, sometimes derogatory)
- 師徒 / 师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
- 旌旗 (jīngqí) (figurative, literary)
- 武人 (wǔrén)
- 武士 (wǔshì)
- 武夫 (wǔfū) (literary)
- 營兵 / 营兵 (Hokkien, dated)
- 甲士 (jiǎshì) (archaic)
- 軍人 / 军人 (jūnrén)
- 軍士 / 军士 (jūnshì)
- 健兒 / 健儿 (jiàn'ér)
- 勇士 (yǒngshì)
- 壯士 / 壮士 (zhuàngshì)
- 武人 (wǔrén)
- 武士 (wǔshì)
- 猛士 (měngshì)
- 虎賁 / 虎贲 (hǔbēn) (archaic)
- 鬥士 / 斗士 (dòushì)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 戰士 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 戰士, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
戰士 • (jeonsa or McCune-Reischauer: chŏnsa or Yale: cēnsa) (hangeul 전사)
- hanja form? of 전사 (“warrior”)
Vietnamese
Noun
戰士
- chữ Hán form of chiến sĩ (“warrior”).