兵貴神速

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	expensive; noble; your (name) expensive; noble; your (name); precious	amazingly fast; at lightning speed
trad. (兵貴神速)		兵	貴	神速
simp. (兵贵神速)		兵	贵	神速

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīngguìshénsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ gwai³ san⁴ cuk¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīngguìshénsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bingguèishénsù
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-kuei⁴-shên²-su⁴
    • Yale: bīng-gwèi-shén-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binggueyshernsuh
    • Palladius: бингуйшэньсу (bingujšɛnʹsu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂən³⁵ su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ gwai³ san⁴ cuk¹
    • Yale: bīng gwai sàhn chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ gwai³ san⁴ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ guei³ sen⁴ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ sɐn²¹ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/

Idiom

兵貴神速

1. (literally, figuratively) speed is essential in war