# 兼併
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiānbìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gim$^1$ bing$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiâm-pin
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiam-pèng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiānbìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jianbìng
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$-ping$^4$
*** Yale: jyān-bìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianbinq
*** Palladius: цзяньбин (czjanʹbin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ piŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gim$^1$ bing$^3$
*** Yale: gīm bing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gim$^1$ bing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gim$^1$ bing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kiːm⁵⁵ pɪŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâm-pin
*** Hakka Romanization System: giam$^ˊ$ bin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giam$^1$ bin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ pin⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-pèng
*** Tâi-lô: kiam-pìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiampexng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam³³ piɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: kem|kemH pjiengX|bengX|pjiengH
Rime :
| Character | 兼 | 兼 | 併 | 併 | 併 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) | 幫 (1) | 並 (3) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 添 (157) | 添 (157) | 清 (121) | 青 (125) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV | III | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 古甜切 | 古念切 | 必郢切 | 蒲迥切 | 畀政切 |
| Baxter | kem | kemH | pjiengX | bengX | pjiengH |
| Reconstructions ||||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kem/ | /kem$^H$/ | /piᴇŋ$^X$/ | /beŋ$^X$/ | /piᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kem/ | /kem$^H$/ | /piɛŋ$^X$/ | /beŋ$^X$/ | /piɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛm/ | /kɛm$^H$/ | /piæŋ$^X$/ | /bɛŋ$^X$/ | /piæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛm/ | /kɛm$^H$/ | /piajŋ$^X$/ | /bɛjŋ$^X$/ | /piajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kem/ | /kem$^H$/ | /piɛŋ$^X$/ | /beŋ$^X$/ | /piɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kiem/ | /kiem$^H$/ | /pĭɛŋ$^X$/ | /bieŋ$^X$/ | /pĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiem/ | /kiem$^H$/ | /pi̯ɛŋ$^X$/ | /bʱieŋ$^X$/ | /pi̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān | jiàn | bǐng | bìng | bìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gim$^1$ | gim$^3$ | bing$^2$ | bing$^6$ | bing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*keːm|keːms breːŋʔ|breːŋs|peŋʔ|peŋs|beːŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 兼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kem › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁem/ |
| English | combine; at the same time |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 兼 | 兼 | 併 | 併 | 併 | 併 | 併 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 5/5 |
| No. | 6063 | 6069 | 928 | 929 | 937 | 939 | 960 |
| Phonetic component | 兼 | 兼 | 并 | 并 | 并 | 并 | 并 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 兼 | 兼 | 𠊧 | 𠊧 | 餅 | 摒 | 竝 |
| Old Chinese | /*keːm/ | /*keːms/ | /*breːŋʔ/ | /*breːŋs/ | /*peŋʔ/ | /*peŋs/ | /*beːŋʔ/ |
| Notes | | 別分紀念切，集韻並 | 原右作並此爲注內或體 | 原右作並 | | | |

### Verb

兼併
* to annex (territory, a country, etc.)
* (finance) to acquire and merge; to amalgamate; to take over (a company); to carry out mergers and acquisitions

#### Synonyms

* (to annex):
* 併吞／并吞 (bìngtūn)
* 侵吞 (qīntūn)
* 包舉／包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
* 吞
* 吞併／吞并 (tūnbìng)
* 吞噬 (tūnshì) (figurative)
* (to acquire and merge):
* 併購／并购 (bìnggòu)
* 購併／购并 (gòubìng)