Chinese edit

highest quality; top-notch
 
soldiers; a force; an army
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (上等兵) 上等
simp. #(上等兵) 上等

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

上等兵

  1. private first class

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 3
へい
Grade: 4
goon kan’on
 上等兵 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

上等 (superior) +‎ (servicemember)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) じょーとーへー [jòótóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun edit

(じょう)(とう)(へい) (jōtōheiじゃうとうへい (zyautoufei)?

  1. (military) a superior private (enlisted rank below sergeant and above private first class in the Imperial Japanese Army)
    Coordinate terms: 一等兵, 上等水兵, 二等兵

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