參軍

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	army; military; arms
trad. (參軍)		參	軍
simp. (参军)		参	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ gwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chham-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canjyun
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-chün¹
    • Yale: tsān-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanjiun
    • Palladius: цаньцзюнь (canʹczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ gwan¹
    • Yale: chāam gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tsham-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhamkwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³ kun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/

Verb

參⫽軍 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to join the army; to enlist

   國家鼓勵高學歷人才參軍入伍。 [MSC, trad.]
   国家鼓励高学历人才参军入伍。 [MSC, simp.]

   Guójiā gǔlì gāo xuélì réncái cānjūn rùwǔ. [Pinyin]

   The state encourages highly educated talented individuals to join the army.

Synonyms

• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 從戎／从戎 (cóngróng) (literary)
• 從軍／从军 (cóngjūn) (literary)
• 當兵／当兵 (dāngbīng)