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)