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收兵

收兵

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (收兵)		收	兵

Verb

收兵

(literary) to retreat (an army); to withdraw one’s forces
(Hong Kong, slang, neologism) to attract members of the opposite sex so that they would do anything to pursue you

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shōubīng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ bing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-pîn
Min Nan (POJ): siu-peng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shōubīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡㄅㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoubing
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau¹ bing¹
  - Yale: sāu bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ bing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-pîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: su´ bin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ bin¹
  - IPA: /su²⁴⁻¹¹ pin²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-peng
  - Tâi-lô: siu-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu'pefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu³³ piɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/