水兵

Chinese

water; river
 
soldiers; a force; an army
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad.
(水兵)
水 兵

Pronunciation


Noun

水兵

  1. sailor; seaman; marine; navy service personnel

Japanese

Kanji in this term
水 兵
すい
Grade: 1
へい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

水 (“aqua-; hydro-”) +‎ 兵 (“servicemember”)

Pronunciation

Noun

水(すい)兵(へい) • (suihei) 

  1. (military) a sailor
    Coordinate terms: 海士, 海兵, 兵
    上(じょう)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
    jōtō suihei
    a leading seaman
    一(いっ)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
    ittō suihei
    a seaman first class
    二(に)等(とう)水(すい)兵(へい)
    nitō suihei
    a seaman second class

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
水兵

Noun

水兵 • (subyeong) (hangeul 수병)

  1. Hanja form? of 수병 (“sailor”).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.