水兵

Chinese

		water; river	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (水兵)		水	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěibing
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-ping¹
    • Yale: shwěi-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeibing
    • Palladius: шуйбин (šujbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² bing¹
    • Yale: séui bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'pefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ³³/

Noun

水兵

1. sailor; seaman; marine; navy service personnel

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水	兵
すい Grade: 1	へい Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

水 (“aqua-; hydro-”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すいへー [súꜜìhèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨihe̞ː]

Noun

水(すい)兵(へい) • (suihei) 

1. (military) a sailor

   Coordinate terms: 海士, 海兵, 兵

   上(じょう)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)

   jōtō suihei

   a leading seaman

   一(いっ)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)

   ittō suihei

   a seaman first class

   二(に)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)

   nitō suihei

   a seaman second class

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	兵

Noun

水兵 • (subyeong) (hangeul 수병)

1. Hanja form^? of 수병 (“sailor”).