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 hap⁶ / mou⁵ haap⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vú-hia̍p
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-kiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔxiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔsiá
  - Wade–Giles: wu³-hsia²
  - Yale: wǔ-syá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushya
  - Palladius: уся (usja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ hap⁶ / mou⁵ haap⁶
  - Yale: móuh hahp / móuh haahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ hap⁹ / mou⁵ haap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ heb⁶ / mou⁵ hab⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ hɐp̚²/, /mou̯¹³ haːp̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-hia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ hiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ hiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /vu³¹ hi̯ap̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (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: 武侠(ぶきょう) (bukyō)
→ Korean: 무협(武俠) (muhyeop)
→ Vietnamese: võ hiệp (武俠)

Other:

→ English: wuxia
→ Russian: уся́ (usjá)