當兵

See also: 当兵

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (當兵)		當	兵
simp. (当兵)		当	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ bing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tông-pîn

  (Hailu, HRS): dong^ˋ bin^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tng-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangbing
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-ping¹
    • Yale: dāng-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangbing
    • Palladius: данбин (danbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ bing¹
    • Yale: dōng bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: dong^ˊ bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dong¹ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: dong^ˋ bin^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /toŋ⁵³ pin⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tng-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngpefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

當⫽兵 (verb-object)

1. to serve in the army; to serve as a soldier; to join the army

   他不是當兵的料。 [MSC, trad.]
   他不是当兵的料。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bùshì dāngbīng de liào. [Pinyin]

   He is not born to be a soldier.

Synonyms

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• 做兵 (Hokkien)
• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 參軍 / 参军 (cānjūn)
• 從戎 / 从戎 (cóngróng) (literary)
• 從軍 / 从军 (cóngjūn) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 當兵 (“to be a soldier; to serve in the army”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		當兵, 服役, 服兵役
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	當兵
	Singapore	當兵, 服兵役 formal
Cantonese	Hong Kong	當兵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當兵, 做兵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當兵, 做兵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當兵, 做兵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當兵, 做兵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當兵, 做兵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	做兵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	做兵
Southern Min	Tainan	做兵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	做兵