戍邊

Chinese

		garrison	side; edge; margin side; edge; margin; border; boundary
trad. (戍邊)		戍	邊
simp. (戍边)		戍	边

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùbiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ bin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùbiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùbian
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-pien¹
    • Yale: shù-byān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhbian
    • Palladius: шубянь (šubjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³ bin¹
    • Yale: syu bīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ bin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ piːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syuH pen

Rime
Character	戍	邊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	傷遇切	布玄切
Baxter	syuH	pen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨoH/	/pen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕioH/	/pen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕioH/	/pɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuə̆H/	/pɛn/
Li Rong	/ɕioH/	/pen/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuH/	/pien/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uH/	/pien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	biān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3	bin1

Verb

戍邊

1. to garrison the border

   • 去時里正與裹頭，歸來頭白還戍邊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     去时里正与裹头，归来头白还戍边。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜甫 (Du Fu), 《兵車行》 (The Army Wagons: A Ballad); modified from the translation by Stephen Owen

     Qù shí lǐzhèng yǔ guǒtóu, guīlái tóu bái huán shùbiān. [Pinyin]

     When they leave, the village headman help them put on their turbans; coming home, their hair is white, and then back to garrison the frontier.