從戎

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	weapon
trad. (從戎)		從	戎
simp. (从戎)		从	戎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ jung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiùng-yùng

  (Hailu, HRS): ciung rhung

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-jiông / chiông-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngróng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-jung²
    • Yale: tsúng-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngrong
    • Palladius: цунжун (cunžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ jung⁴
    • Yale: chùhng yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ jʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiung^ˇ iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiung² yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiung^ˇ (r)iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiung² yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciung rhung
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiuŋ⁵⁵ ʒuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-jiông
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-jiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongjioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ ziɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-liông
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cionglioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/

Verb

從戎

1. (literary) to join the army; to enlist

Synonyms

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• 做兵 (Hokkien)
• 入伍 (rùwǔ)
• 參軍 / 参军 (cānjūn)
• 從軍 / 从军 (cóngjūn) (literary)
• 當兵 / 当兵 (dāngbīng)

Derived terms

• 投筆從戎 / 投笔从戎 (tóubǐcóngróng)