散兵游勇

Chinese

		skirmisher; disbanded soldier	to walk; to tour; to roam to walk; to tour; to roam; to swim; to travel	brave
trad. (散兵游勇)		散兵	游	勇
simp. #(散兵游勇)		散兵	游	勇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎnbīng yóuyǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan² bing¹ jau⁴ jung⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎnbīng yóuyǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎnbing yóuyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: san³-ping¹ yu²-yung³
    • Yale: sǎn-bīng yóu-yǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saanbing youyeong
    • Palladius: саньбин ююн (sanʹbin jujun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan² bing¹ jau⁴ jung⁵
    • Yale: sáan bīng yàuh yúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan² bing¹ jau⁴ jung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: san² bing¹ yeo⁴ yung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹ jʊŋ¹³/

Idiom

散兵游勇

1. scattered and disassociated soldiers
2. (figuratively) person who does not belong to a group

References

• “Entry #144920”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.