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兵

Mandarin · pinyin bīng

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兵: bīng · soldier, troops

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1 · bing1

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bing1

Cantonese word readings for 兵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

weapon
army; troops
soldier; warrior (Classifier: 個／个)
warfare
(xiangqi) pawn; private; soldier: 🩦 (on the red side)
(chess) pawn
(Cantonese) short for 觀音兵 /观音兵 (guānyīnbīng) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

character

(Philippine Hokkien) police

character

(Hokkien, folk religion) malicious spirit

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