大兵

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (大兵)		大	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbing
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ping¹
    • Yale: dà-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbing
    • Palladius: дабин (dabin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bing¹
    • Yale: daaih bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

大兵

1. (literary) a substantial military force; a large army
2. large war
3. (dated, sometimes derogatory) soldier (in general)

   美國大兵／美国大兵  ―  Měiguó dàbīng  ―  American soldier (still commonly in use)

Synonyms

• (soldier):

• 兵人 (bīngrén) (literary)
• 兵仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 兵勇 (bīngyǒng) (dated)
• 兵卒 (bīngzú) (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)
• 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)