點兵

See also: 点兵

Chinese

		point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (點兵)		點	兵
simp. (点兵)		点	兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnbīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² bing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiám-peng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnbīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnbing
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-ping¹
    • Yale: dyǎn-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deanbing
    • Palladius: дяньбин (djanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² bing¹
    • Yale: dím bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiám-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tiám-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diafmpefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

點兵

1. (literary, military) to recruit soldiers; to gather one's forces

   韓信點兵，多多益善 [MSC, trad.]
   韩信点兵，多多益善 [MSC, simp.]

   Hán Xìn diǎnbīng, duōduōyìshàn [Pinyin]

   When Han Xin selects his troops, the more the better