起兵

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (起兵)		起	兵
simp. #(起兵)		起	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐbing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ping¹
    • Yale: chǐ-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiibing
    • Palladius: цибин (cibin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-peng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'pefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

起兵

1. to raise an army; to dispatch troops
2. to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion

Synonyms

• (to raise an army):

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• 出兵 (chūbīng)
• 動兵 / 动兵 (dòngbīng)
• 動用軍隊 / 动用军队 (dòngyòng jūnduì)
• 派兵 (pàibīng)
• 派遣軍隊 / 派遣军队 (pàiqiǎn jūnduì)
• 發兵 / 发兵 (fābīng)
• 興兵 / 兴兵 (xīngbīng) (literary)
• 興師 / 兴师 (xīngshī) (literary)
• 舉兵 / 举兵 (jǔbīng) (literary)
• 調兵 / 调兵 (diàobīng) (literary)
• 進兵 / 进兵 (jìnbīng) (literary)
• 進軍 / 进军 (jìnjūn)
• 遣兵 (qiǎnbīng) (literary)
• 驅兵 / 驱兵 (qūbīng) (literary)

 

• (to start an armed struggle):

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• 亂逆 / 乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變 / 兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂 / 动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂 / 反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
• 叛亂 / 叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變 / 叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變 / 哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂 / 悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂 / 暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動 / 暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄 / 暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難 / 发难 (fānàn)
• 舉事 / 举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
• 舉義 / 举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起事 (qǐshì)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義 / 起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂 / 逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 首義 / 首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)

 

Antonyms

• (to raise an army):

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• 撤兵 (chèbīng)
• 撤軍 / 撤军 (chèjūn)
• 收兵 (shōubīng) (literary)
• 退兵 (tuìbīng)
• 退軍 / 退军 (tuìjūn)