奇兵

Chinese

		strange; odd; weird strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (奇兵)		奇	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíbing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-ping¹
    • Yale: chí-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyibing
    • Palladius: цибин (cibin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-peng
    • Tâi-lô: kî-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'pefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

奇兵

1. (archaic) an army that tries to catch the enemy off guard by launching a surprise attack

Usage notes

An ancient version of special forces.