上等兵

Chinese

		highest quality; top-notch	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (上等兵)		上等	兵
simp. ^#(上等兵)		上等	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngděngbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ dang² bing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngděngbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄥˇ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngděngbing
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-têng³-ping¹
  - Yale: shàng-děng-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqdeengbing
  - Palladius: шандэнбин (šandɛnbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ dang² bing¹
  - Yale: seuhng dáng bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ dang² bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ deng² bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² tɐŋ³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

上等兵

private first class

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	等	兵
じょう Grade: 1	とう Grade: 3	へい Grade: 4
goon		kan’on

Etymology

上等 (“superior”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーとーへー [jòótóꜜòhèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːto̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun

上(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい) • (jōtōhei) ^{←じゃうとうへい (zyautoufei)^?}

(military) a superior private (enlisted rank below sergeant and above private first class in the Imperial Japanese Army)
Coordinate terms: 一等兵, 上等水兵, 二等兵

See also

上(じょう)等(とう)兵(へい)曹(そう) (jōtō heisō)

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