重兵

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (重兵)		重	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁵ bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiǒng-peng / tiōng-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngbing
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-ping¹
    • Yale: jùng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqbing
    • Palladius: чжунбин (čžunbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁵ bing¹
    • Yale: chúhng bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁵ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁵ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ¹³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiǒng-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tiǒng-ping
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ²² piɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiōng-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tiōng-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioxngpefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

重兵

1. massive military force

   • 他們要用重兵去保護交通線，時時謹防襲擊；另外，還要有一大部力量駐紮滿洲和日本內地。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们要用重兵去保护交通线，时时谨防袭击；另外，还要有一大部力量驻扎满洲和日本内地。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen yào yòng zhòngbīng qù bǎohù jiāotōngxiàn, shíshí jǐnfáng xíjī; lìngwài, hái yào yǒu yī dà bù lìliàng zhùzhā Mǎnzhōu hé Rìběn nèidì. [Pinyin]

     They must use large numbers of troops to protect their lines of communications and constantly guard against attacks and they need large forces to garrison Manchuria and Japan as well.