上等兵

Chinese

		highest quality; top-notch	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (上等兵)		上等	兵
simp. #(上等兵)		上等	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngděngbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ dang² bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngděngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngděngbing
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-têng³-ping¹
    • Yale: shàng-děng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqdeengbing
    • Palladius: шандэнбин (šandɛnbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ dang² bing¹
    • Yale: seuhng dáng bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ dang² bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ deng² bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² tɐŋ³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

上等兵

1. private first class

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	等	兵
じょう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3	へい Grade: 4
goon		kan’on

Etymology

上等 (“superior”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーと​ーへー [jòótóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun

上(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい) • (jōtōhei) ^{←じゃうとうへい (zyautoufei)?}

1. (military) a superior private (enlisted rank below sergeant and above private first class in the Imperial Japanese Army)

   Coordinate terms: 一等兵, 上等水兵, 二等兵

See also

• 上(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい)曹(そう) (jōtō heisō)