水兵

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Chinese

		water; river	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (水兵)		水	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǐbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² bing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-peng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibing
  - Wade–Giles: shui³-ping¹
  - Yale: shwěi-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibing
  - Palladius: шуйбин (šujbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi² bing¹
  - Yale: séui bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey² bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu² bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-peng
  - Tâi-lô: tsuí-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'pefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ³³/

Noun

水兵

sailor; seaman; marine; navy service personnel

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	兵
すい Grade: 1	へい Grade: 4
kan'on

水兵 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

水 (“aqua-; hydro-”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいへー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

水(すい)兵(へい) • (suihei)

(military) a sailor
Coordinate terms: 海士, 海兵, 兵

上(じょう)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
jōtō suihei
a leading seaman

一(いっ)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
ittō suihei
a seaman first class

二(に)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
nitō suihei
a seaman second class

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	兵

Noun

水兵 • (subyeong) (hangeul 수병)

hanja form^? of 수병 (“sailor”)

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