尖兵

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (尖兵)		尖	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianbing
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-ping¹
    • Yale: jyān-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianbing
    • Palladius: цзяньбин (czjanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim¹ bing¹
    • Yale: jīm bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiam-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciampefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam³³ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

尖兵

1. vanguard; trailblazer; pathbreaker; pioneer
2. (military) point

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尖兵):

• → Korean: 첨병(尖兵) (cheombyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尖	兵
せん Jinmeiyō	へい > ぺい Grade: 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 尖兵 – see the following entry.

【先兵せんぺい】 [noun] vanguard

(This term, 尖兵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)