當兵

See also: 当兵

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (當兵)		當	兵
simp. (当兵)		当	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tng-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangbing
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-ping¹
    • Yale: dāng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangbing
    • Palladius: данбин (danbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ bing¹
    • Yale: dōng bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tng-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngpefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

當兵

1. to serve in the army; to serve as a soldier; to join the army

   他不是當兵的料。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不是当兵的料。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùshì dāngbīng de liào. [Pinyin]

   He is not born to be a soldier.

Synonyms

• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 參軍／参军 (cānjūn)
• 從戎／从戎 (cóngróng) (literary)
• 從軍／从军 (cóngjūn) (literary)