兵法

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (兵法)		兵	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): peng-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-fa³
    • Yale: bīng-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingfaa
    • Palladius: бинфа (binfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ faat³
    • Yale: bīng faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: ping-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: penghoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɪŋ³³ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

兵法

1. art of war; military tactics and strategies

Derived terms

• 兵法家
• 太公兵法
• 孫子兵法／孙子兵法 (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	法
ひょう Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
goon

Kanji in this term
兵	法
へい Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
kan'on

Etymology

Middle Chinese 兵法

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) へーほー [héꜜèhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) へーほー [hèéhóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [he̞ːho̞ː]

• (Tokyo) ひょーほー [hyóꜜòhòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːho̞ː]

Noun

兵(へい)法(ほう) • (heihō) ^{←へいはふ (feifafu)?}
兵(ひょう)法(ほう) • (hyōhō) ^{←ひゃうはふ (fyaufafu)?}

1. (military) the art of war; tactics; strategy

   孫(そん)子(し)の兵(へい)法(ほう)

   Sonshi no Heihō

   Sun Tzu's The Art of War

   • 1953, 坂口安吾, 梟雄:

     最(もっと)も有利(ゆうり)な武器(ぶき)の発見(はっけん)とそれを能率的(のうりつてき)に使用(しよう)する兵法(へいほう)の発見(はっけん)とである。

     Mottomo yūri na buki no hakken to sore o nōritsuteki ni shiyō suru heihō no hakken to de aru.

     It's discovering the most advantageous weapons and discovering the most efficient military tactics with which to use them.

See also

• 兎(うさぎ)兵(へい)法(ほう) (usagiheihō)
• 炬(こ)燵(たつ)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (kotatsubyōhō)
• 座(ざ)敷(しき)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (zashikibyōhō)
• 生(なま)兵(びょう)法(ほう) (namabyōhō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
兵	法

Noun

兵法 • (byeongbeop) (hangeul 병법)

1. hanja form^? of 병법 (“art of war, military tactics”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
兵	法

Noun

兵法

1. chữ Hán form of binh pháp (“art of war, military tactics”).