衛生兵

Chinese

		hygiene; sanitation; health hygiene; sanitation; health; healthcare	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (衛生兵/衞生兵)		衛生/衞生	兵
simp. (卫生兵)		卫生	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishēngbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishēngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishengbing
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shêng¹-ping¹
    • Yale: wèi-shēng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshengbing
    • Palladius: вэйшэнбин (vɛjšɛnbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

衛生兵

1. (military) medic; corpsman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衛	生	兵
えい Grade: 5	せい Grade: 1	へい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
衞生兵 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

衛生 (eisei, “health”) +‎ 兵 (-hei, “soldier”)

Noun

衛(えい)生(せい)兵(へい) • (eiseihei) 

1. a medic; a corpsman

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.