做兵

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (做兵)		做	兵

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): cho-pîn

  (Hailu, HRS): zo^ˇ bin^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chò-peng / chòe-peng

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-pîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo bin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ bin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ pin²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˇ bin^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so¹¹ pin⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tsò-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoirpefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡so²¹⁻⁴² peŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-peng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-ping
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'pefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

做⫽兵 (verb-object)

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) to be a soldier; to serve in the military

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 當兵 (“to be a soldier; to serve in the army”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		當兵, 服役, 服兵役
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	當兵
	Singapore	當兵, 服兵役 formal
Cantonese	Hong Kong	當兵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當兵, 做兵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當兵, 做兵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當兵, 做兵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當兵, 做兵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當兵, 做兵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	做兵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	做兵
Southern Min	Tainan	做兵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	做兵