水軍

See also: 水军

Chinese

		water; river	army; military; arms
trad. (水軍)		水	軍
simp. (水军)		水	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi² gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěijyun
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-chün¹
    • Yale: shwěi-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeijiun
    • Palladius: шуйцзюнь (šujczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² gwan¹
    • Yale: séui gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

水軍

1. (literary) navy; army which fights from boats on the water
2. Short for 網絡水軍／网络水军 (wǎngluò shuǐjūn).

Synonyms

• (modern term for “navy”) 海軍／海军 (hǎijūn)

Derived terms

• 網絡水軍 / 网络水军 (wǎngluò shuǐjūn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水軍):

• → Japanese: 水軍(すいぐん) (suigun)
• → Korean: 수군(水軍) (sugun)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ quân (水軍)