兵

Soldiers in Chinese: 兵 (bīng)

bīng

soldiers

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1soldiers
  2. 2a force
  3. 3an army
  4. 4weapons
  5. 5arms
  6. 6military
  7. 7warlike

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兵

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄧㄥ

bīng

ㄅ/ bㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他年轻时当过三年兵。

    tā nián qīng shí dāng guò sān nián bīng。

    He served as a soldier for three years when he was young.

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Related words

士兵

shì bīng

soldier

官兵

guān bīng

(military) officers and soldiers

不在乎

bù zài hu

not to care

布置

bù zhì

to put in order

步行

bù xíng

to go on foot

财富

cái fù

wealth

操作

cāo zuò

to work

测

cè

to survey

测量

cè liáng

survey

测试

cè shì

to test (machinery etc)

曾

céng

once

茶叶

chá yè

tea

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