步兵

See also: 歩兵

Chinese

		a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (步兵)		步	兵

Etymology

“uncensored pornography”

Derived from 無馬／无马 (“no mosaic”, literally “no horse”), also written as 無碼／无码 (wúmǎ), which is short for 無馬賽克／无马赛克 (wú mǎsàikè).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ bing¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'pu⁵ bin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-pîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùbing
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-ping¹
    • Yale: bù-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhbing
    • Palladius: бубин (bubin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ bing¹
    • Yale: bouh bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'pu⁵ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈpʰu¹¹ pin⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu bin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ pin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-peng
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxpefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

步兵

1. infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
2. (slang) uncensored pornography
3. (Hong Kong) food courier delivering on foot (instead of using motorcycles or bicycles)

Synonyms

• (infantry):

• 步卒 (bùzú)
• 步軍／步军 (bùjūn) (literary)
• 銃兵／铳兵 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “uncensored pornography”): 騎兵／骑兵 (qíbīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
步	兵
ほ Jinmeiyō	へい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

步(ほ)兵(へい) • (hohei) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 歩兵 (infantryman)

Korean

Hanja in this term
步	兵

Noun

步兵 • (bobyeong) (hangeul 보병)

1. Hanja form^? of 보병 (“infantryman”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
步	兵

Noun

步兵

1. chữ Hán form of bộ binh (“infantryman”).