武俠

See also: 武侠

Chinese

		martial; military	knight-errant; chivalrous; heroic
trad. (武俠)		武	俠
simp. (武侠)		武	侠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔxiá

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ haap⁶
Min Nan (POJ): bú-kiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔxiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushya
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ haap⁶
  - Yale: móuh haahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ haap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ hab⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɑːp̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-kiap
  - Tâi-lô: bú-kiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bw'kiab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/

Noun

武俠

knight-errant
wuxia (genre of fiction)

Synonyms

(knight-errant): 豪俠／豪侠 (háoxiá), 劍俠／剑侠 (jiànxiá), 俠客／侠客 (xiákè), 俠士／侠士 (xiáshì), 游俠／游侠 (yóuxiá)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (武俠):

Japanese: 武 (ぶ)侠 (きょう) (bukyō)
Korean: 무협 (武俠, muhyeop)
Vietnamese: võ hiệp (武俠)

Other:

→ English: wuxia
→ Russian: уся́ (usjá)

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