投軍

See also: 投军

Chinese

		to throw; to send	army; military; arms
trad. (投軍)		投	軍
simp. (投军)		投	军

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóujūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ gwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóujūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóujyun
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-chün¹
    • Yale: tóu-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourjiun
    • Palladius: тоуцзюнь (touczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ gwan¹
    • Yale: tàuh gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-kun
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/

Verb

投軍

1. (literary) to join the army

   • 正飲間，見一大漢，推著一輛車子，到店門首歇了；入店坐下，便喚酒保「快斟酒來吃，我待趕入城去投軍」。 [MSC, trad.]
     正饮间，见一大汉，推著一辆车子，到店门首歇了；入店坐下，便唤酒保「快斟酒来吃，我待赶入城去投军」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1

     Zhèng yǐn jiān, jiàn yī dàhàn, tuī zhù yī liàng chēzǐ, dào diàn ménshǒu xiē le; rù diàn zuòxià, biàn huàn jiǔbǎo “kuài zhēnjiǔ lái chī, wǒ dài gǎn rùchéng qù tóujūn”. [Pinyin]

     While they were drinking, they spotted a large fellow pushing a cart. The man stopped for a moment in the doorway, then entered into the tavern and sat down. The man called out to the server, "Pour me a drink and be quick about it, I'm in a hurry to get to town so that I can join the army."

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (投軍):

• → Vietnamese: đầu quân (投軍)