常備軍

Chinese

		ready at any time; in stock; always on the alert	army; military; arms
trad. (常備軍)		常備	軍
simp. (常备军)		常备	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángbèijūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ bei⁶ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángbèijūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángbèijyun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-pei⁴-chün¹
    • Yale: cháng-bèi-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngbeyjiun
    • Palladius: чанбэйцзюнь (čanbɛjczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ bei⁶ gwan¹
    • Yale: sèuhng beih gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ bei⁶ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ béi⁶ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ pei̯²² kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

常備軍

1. standing army; permanent force

   • 而且其軍隊數量之多超過中國任何一個歷史時代的軍隊，超過世界任何一個國家的常備軍。 [MSC, trad.]
     而且其军队数量之多超过中国任何一个历史时代的军队，超过世界任何一个国家的常备军。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Érqiě qí jūnduì shùliàng zhī duō chāoguò Zhōngguó rènhé yīge lìshǐ shídài de jūnduì, chāoguò shìjiè rènhé yīge guójiā de chángbèijūn. [Pinyin]

     And it is larger than any army in Chinese history, or for that matter than the standing army of any other country.