虎賁

See also: 虎贲

Chinese

		tiger	bright; energetic
trad. (虎賁)		虎	賁
simp. (虎贲)		虎	贲
Literally: “tiger runner”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǔbēn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǔbēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǔben
  - Wade–Giles: hu³-pên¹
  - Yale: hǔ-bēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuben
  - Palladius: хубэнь (xubɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pən⁵⁵/

Noun

虎賁

(archaic) brave warrior
(archaic, historical) captain of the imperial guard (official title)

Synonyms

(warrior):

勇士 (yǒngshì)
武人 (wǔrén)
武士 (wǔshì)
健兒／健儿 (jiàn'ér)

壯士／壮士 (zhuàngshì)
戰士／战士 (zhànshì)
鬥士／斗士 (dòushì)

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