談兵

Chinese

		to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (談兵)		談	兵
simp. (谈兵)		谈	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tánbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam⁴ bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tánbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tánbing
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan²-ping¹
    • Yale: tán-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarnbing
    • Palladius: таньбин (tanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam⁴ bing¹
    • Yale: tàahm bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam⁴ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam⁴ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

談兵

1. (literary) to discuss military tactics

Derived terms

• 紙上談兵 / 纸上谈兵 (zhǐshàngtánbīng)