憲兵

See also: 宪兵

Chinese
statute; constitution
 
soldiers; a force; an army
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (憲兵) 憲 兵
simp. (宪兵) 宪 兵

Pronunciation

Noun

憲兵

  1. military police
    日軍憲兵在二戰中犯下了罄竹難書的戰爭罪。 [MSC, trad.]
    日军宪兵在二战中犯下了罄竹难书的战争罪。 [MSC, simp.]
    Rìjūn xiànbīng zài èrzhàn zhōng fàn xià le qìngzhúnánshū de zhànzhēngzuì. [Pinyin]
    The Imperial Japanese Army's Military Police committed innumerable war crimes during World War 2.
  2. military police officer
  3. gendarmerie
  4. gendarme

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
憲 兵
けん
Grade: 6		 へい > ぺい
Grade: 4
kan’on

Etymology

From 憲 (ken, “law”) +‎ 兵 (hei, “soldier”).

The hei changes to pei as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) け​んぺー [kéꜜǹpèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞mpe̞ː]

Noun

憲(けん)兵(ぺい) • (kenpei) 

  1. military police [since 1881]
  2. gendarmerie

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
憲兵

Noun

憲兵 • (heonbyeong or McCune-Reischauer: hŏnbyŏng or Yale: hēnpyeng) (hangeul 헌병)

  1. Hanja form? of 헌병 (“military police; gendarmerie”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
憲兵

Noun

憲兵

  1. chữ Hán form of hiến binh (“gendarmerie”).
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