志願軍

Chinese

		aspiration; wish; ideal aspiration; wish; ideal; preference; to volunteer; to do voluntarily	army; military; arms
trad. (志願軍)		志願	軍
simp. (志愿军)		志愿	军

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhìyuànjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ jyun⁶ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhìyuànjūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄩㄢˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhìhyuànjyun
  - Wade–Giles: Chih⁴-yüan⁴-chün¹
  - Yale: Jr̀-ywàn-jyūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jyhyuannjiun
  - Palladius: Чжиюаньцзюнь (Čžijuanʹczjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi³ jyun⁶ gwan¹
  - Yale: ji yuhn gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ jyn⁶ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji³ yun⁶ guen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ jyːn²² kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

志願軍

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 志願 / 志愿 (zhìyuàn),‎ 軍 / 军 (jūn): volunteers (people who volunteer to fight abroad)

Proper noun

志願軍

(military) short for 中國人民志願軍／中国人民志愿军 (Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhìyuànjūn, “the Chinese People's Volunteer Army”)