行伍

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	associate with; five; company
trad. (行伍)		行	伍
simp. #(行伍)		行	伍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ ng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hâng-ngó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hángwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hángwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hang²-wu³
    • Yale: háng-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngwuu
    • Palladius: ханъу (xanʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ ng⁵
    • Yale: hòhng ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ ŋ̍¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hâng-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hangngor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hang nguX

Rime
Character	行	伍
Reading #	1/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	胡郎切	疑古切
Baxter	hang	nguX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑŋ/	/ŋuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑŋ/	/ŋuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaŋ/	/ŋɔX/
Li Rong	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋoX/
Wang Li	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑŋ/	/ŋuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háng	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong4	ng5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaŋ  C.ŋˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːŋ  ŋaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	行	伍
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háng	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ hang ›	‹ nguX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaŋ/	/*C.ŋˁaʔ/
English	rank, row	group of five
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	行	伍
Reading #	1/4	1/1
No.	13864	13148
Phonetic component	行	五
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	航	五
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːŋ/	/*ŋaːʔ/

Noun

行伍

1. (dated or historical) army ranks

Synonyms

• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戎行 (róngháng) (literary)
• 武裝／武装 (wǔzhuāng)
• 軍旅／军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)
• 軍隊／军队 (jūnduì)
• 部下 (bùxià) (troops under one's command)
• 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ) (troops under one's command)
• 部眾／部众 (bùzhòng) (literary, troops under one's command)
• 部隊／部队 (bùduì)
• 隊伍／队伍 (duìwǔ)
• 隊列／队列 (duìliè) (formation)
• 麾下 (huīxià) (archaic, troops under one's command)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行伍):

• → Japanese: 行伍(こうご) (kōgo)
• → Vietnamese: hàng ngũ (行伍)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
行	伍

Noun

行伍

1. chữ Hán form of hàng ngũ (“army ranks”).