兵戈

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	spear
simp. and trad. (兵戈)		兵	戈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīnggē

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ gwo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnggē
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bingge
  - Wade–Giles: ping¹-ko¹
  - Yale: bīng-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingge
  - Palladius: бингэ (bingɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ gwo¹
  - Yale: bīng gwō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ gwo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ guo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

兵戈

(literary) weapon; arms
(literary) war; fighting

Synonyms

(weapon):

兵刃 (bīngrèn) (literary, figuratively)
兵器 (bīngqì)
兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
凶器 (xiōngqì) (archaic)
器械 (qìxiè)
戰具／战具 (zhànjù) (literary)
槍支／枪支 (qiāngzhī) (firearm)
槍械／枪械 (qiāngxiè) (firearm)
武器 (wǔqì)
火器 (huǒqì) (firearm)
火槍／火枪 (huǒqiāng) (firearm)

Synonyms

(war):

兵戎 (bīngróng) (literary)
兵火 (bīnghuǒ) (figurative)
兵革 (bīnggé)
戎機／戎机 (róngjī) (literary)
戰／战 (zhàn)
戰伐／战伐 (zhànfá) (literary)
戰火／战火 (zhànhuǒ) (figurative)
戰爭／战争 (zhànzhēng)
白刃 (báirèn) (literary, figurative)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “war”):

和平 (hépíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兵	戈
へい Grade: 4	か Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーか [héꜜèkà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːka̠]

Noun

兵(へい)戈(か) • (heika) ^{←へいくわ (feikwa)^?}

arms
war

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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