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民兵

民兵

Chinese

the people; nationality; citizen
 
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad.
(民兵)

Noun

民兵

  1. militia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
  2. militiaman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: 4
へい > ぺい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

民兵 (hiragana みんぺい, romaji minpei)

  1. a militia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
  2. a militiaman

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

民兵 (minbyeong, McCune-Reischauer: minbyŏng, Yale: minpyeng) (hangeul 민병)

  1. Hanja form? of 민병, “militia; militiaman”.