兵卒

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	die; soldier; abruptly die; soldier; abruptly; hurriedly
simp. and trad. (兵卒)		兵	卒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngzú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ zeot¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): bîn-chut
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-chut

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngzú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingzú
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-tsu²
    • Yale: bīng-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingtzwu
    • Palladius: бинцзу (binczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngzúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄗㄨˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingzúr
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-tsu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bīng-dzúr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingtzwul
    • Palladius: бинцзур (binczur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ t͡suɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ zeot¹
    • Yale: bīng jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: bîn-chut
    • Hakka Romanization System: bin´ zud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bin¹ zud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /bin²⁴ t͡sut̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-chut
    • Tâi-lô: ping-tsut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengzud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ t͡sut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sut̚³²/

---

• Middle Chinese: pjaeng tswot

Rime
Character	兵	卒
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	魂 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	甫明切	臧没切
Baxter	pjaeng	tswot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiæŋ/	/t͡suət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiaŋ/	/t͡suot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piaŋ/	/t͡suət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/piajŋ/	/t͡swət̚/
Li Rong	/piɐŋ/	/t͡suət̚/
Wang Li	/pĭɐŋ/	/t͡suət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯ɐŋ/	/t͡suət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bīng	zu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bing1	zyut3

Noun

兵卒

1. (dated) soldier

Synonyms

• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (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)
• 戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (兵卒):

• → Japanese: 兵卒(へいそつ) (heisotsu)
• → Korean: 병졸(兵卒) (byeongjol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	卒
へい Grade: 4	そつ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

兵(へい)卒(そつ) • (heisotsu) 

1. a private, soldier
2. the troops, the rank and file

Synonyms

• 兵(へい)士(し) (heishi)