Bing(rank)
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Bing(Chinese:Binh;Korean:병;Hanja:Binh) is the rank usually held byenlisted personnelin someEast Asianmilitaries. The ranks are used in both thePeople's Republic of Chinaand theRepublic of ChinaonTaiwan,and bothNorthandSouth Korea.The rank name is based on one of thefour ancient occupations.
Etymology
[edit]The Sino-Korean word component "byeong"means" soldier "literally, used in a wide variety of words related with soldiers, like inbusang-byeong(Korean:부상병;Hanja:Bị thương binh,lit. 'a wounded soldier'), but rarely (usually in technical context in armed forces)per se.[citation needed]
Byeongjangs, who work closely with their US military counterparts, are frequently addressed as "sergeant" or the equivalentE-5term in English by the U.S. military.[citation needed]This varies however by unit. In a similar vein, some US E-5s are calledhasaby the ROKA members, as their status is one of an NCO.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The various ranks ofbyeongare denoted by stripes worn laterally on a service member's left sleeve. An even lower rank, that ofmudeungbyeong(Korean:무등병;Hanja:Vô chờ binh,lit. 'soldier with no rank'), also known ashullyeonbyeong(Korean:훈련병;Hanja:Huấn liên binh,lit. 'trainee soldier'), is usually believed to be held by enlistedrecruitsinbasic training,and those recruits are not allowed to have any insignia on their uniform until they finish the training course, but they are actually regarded to beideungbyeong(the lowestbyeongrank) officially.[citation needed]
In most comparative military scales, aByeongjangis considered the equivalent of anon-commissioned officerequal to asergeant.The South Korean military, however, does not generally grant NCO powers to a service member until obtaining the rank ofhasa.Still,Byeongjangin South Korea is exceptionally considered as an NCO when holding the squad leader position.[citation needed]
The wordbyeong(soldier) has a natural context that personnel in those ranks are not in commanding responsibilities, thus not NCOs at all. They are strictly distinguished from the ranks above in many respects. Personnel with ranks ofhasaor above are calledganbu(Korean:간부;Hanja:Cán bộ,lit. 'the executive members'), as an antonym ofbyeong.South Korea'sSouth Korean militaryare retained by theconscriptionsystem. If a person is enlisted to an armed force and has not applied for NCO or officer, then his highest rank until he finishes the mandatory service term (21 months in case of theROK Army,as of 2012) is to be the highest rank ofbyeong(i.e.Byeongjang).[citation needed]
Chinese variant
[edit]People's Liberation Army
[edit]The same rank names are used for all services, prefixed byhaijun(simplified Chinese:Hải quân;traditional Chinese:Hải quân;lit.'naval force') orkongjun(simplified Chinese:Không quân;traditional Chinese:Không quân;lit.'air force').
| Rank group | Enlisted | |
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| Binh nhất Shàngděngbīng |
Binh nhì Lièbīng | |
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| Binh nhất Shàngděngbīng |
Binh nhì Lièbīng | |
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Republic of China Armed Forces
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| Rank | Binh nhất | Nhất đẳng binh | Nhị đẳng binh |
| Mandarin | Shàngděngbīng | Yīděngbīng | Èrděngbīng |
| Taiwanese | Siōng-téng Peng | It-téng Peng | Jī-téng Peng |
| Literal translation | Upper class soldier | First class soldier | Second class soldier |
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| Binh nhất Shàngděngbīng |
Nhất đẳng binh Yīděngbīng |
Nhị đẳng binh Èrděngbīng | |
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Korean variant
[edit]| Bing | |
| Hangul | 병 |
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| Hanja | Binh |
| Revised Romanization | Byeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pyŏng |
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| Hangul | 병장 | 상등병 | 일등병 | 이등병 |
| Hanja | Binh trường | Binh nhất | Nhất đẳng binh | Nhị đẳng binh |
| Romanization | Byeongjang | Sangdeungbyeong | Ildeungbyeong | Ideungbyeong |
| Literal translation | Soldier chief | Superior soldier | First class soldier | Second class soldier |
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| Official translation[4] | Sergeant | Corporal | Private first class | Private |
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| Official translation[5] | Petty officer second class | Petty officer third class | Seaman | Seaman apprentice |
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| 병장 Binh trường Byeongjang |
상등병 Binh nhất Sangdeungbyeong |
일등병 Nhất đẳng binh Ildeungbyeong |
이등병 Nhị đẳng binh Ideungbyeong | |
| Rank group | Enlisted | |||
Vietnamese variant
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| Vietnamese | Binh nhất | Binh nhì |
| Chữ Hán | Binh một | Binh nhị |
| Literal translation | First soldier | Second soldier |
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| Vietnamese | Binh nhất | Binh nhì |
| Rank group | Enlisted | |
South Vietnamese variant
[edit]| Rank group | Enlisted | |
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| Native name | Binh nhất | Binh nhì |
| Chữ Hán | Binh một | Binh nhị |
| Literal translation | First soldier | Second soldier |
 Army of the Republic of Vietnam(1967-1975)[7] |
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| Translation[7] | Private first class | Private |
 Republic of Vietnam Navy(1967-1975)[7] |
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| Translation[7] | Seaman | Recruit |
 Republic of Vietnam Marine Division(1967-1975) |
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| Translation | Private first class | Private |
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| Translation[7] | Airman first class | Airman |
| Native name | Binh nhất | Binh nhì |
| Rank group | Enlisted | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcPing, Xu (7 August 2017)."Ta quân kiến quân 90 năm quân hàm chế độ duyên cách"[The evolution of our military rank system over the ninety years of its establishment].mod.gov.cn(in Chinese). Ministry of National Defense. Archived fromthe originalon 28 December 2019.Retrieved13 June2021.
- ^abcde"Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú"Lục hải không quân phục chế điều lệ hình minh hoạ[Drawings of the Uniform Regulations of the Army, Navy and Air Force](PDF).Gazette of the Presidential Palace(6769): 65–67. 7 November 1996. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 March 2017.Retrieved15 August2022.
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- ^"Meaning of Military Insignia".army.mil.kr.Republic of Korea Army.Retrieved4 November2023.
- ^abc"Quy định quân hiệu, cấp hiệu, phù hiệu và lễ phục của Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam".mod.gov.vn(in Vietnamese). Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). 26 August 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 2 December 2021.Retrieved30 May2021.
- ^abcdefArmed Forces Information and Education (1968).Uniforms of Seven Allies (DOD GEN-30).Department of Defense. pp. 26–28.Retrieved2 July2022.
