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兵

bīng

HSK 5 Character Measure word 个

What 兵 means

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

Example sentences

• 骄兵必败。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 草木皆兵。
  Every bush and tree looks like an enemy.
• 他在当兵。
  He's in the army.
• 你当过兵吗？
  Were you a soldier?
• 士兵给了我水。
  The soldier gave water to me.
• 我住在兵库县。
  I live in Hyogo.

Words starting with 兵

• 兵力bīng lìmilitary strength; armed forces; troops
• 兵团bīng tuánlarge military unit; formation; corps
• 兵器bīng qìweaponry; weapons; arms
• 兵马俑bīng mǎ yǒngfigurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead; Terracotta Army (historic site)
• 兵马bīng mǎtroops and horses; military forces
• 兵营bīng yíngmilitary camp; barracks
• 兵士bīng shìordinary soldier
• 兵法bīng fǎart of war; military strategy and tactics
• 兵部Bīng bùMinistry of War (in imperial China)
• 兵站bīng zhànarmy service station; military depot
• 兵刃bīng rèn(bladed) weapons
• 兵种bīng zhǒng(military) branch of the armed forces
• 兵工厂bīng gōng chǎngmunitions factory
• 兵荒马乱bīng huāng mǎ luàn(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
• 兵役bīng yìmilitary service
• 兵家bīng jiāmilitary strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier
• 兵制bīng zhìmilitary system
• 兵员bīng yuánsoldiers; troops
• 兵差bīng chāilabor conscripted to support the military
• 兵库Bīng kùHyōgo (prefecture in Japan)
• 兵推bīng tuīwar-gaming; simulation of a military operation (abbr. for 兵棋推演
• 兵书bīng shūa book on the art of war
• 兵权bīng quánmilitary leadership; military power
• 兵源bīng yuánmanpower resources (for military service); sources of troops

Words containing 兵

• 士兵shì bīngsoldier
• 红卫兵Hóng wèi bīngRed Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
• 官兵guān bīng(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
• 当兵dāng bīngto serve in the army; to be a soldier
• 老兵lǎo bīngold soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
• 骑兵qí bīngcavalry
• 民兵mín bīngpeople's militia; militia; militiaman
• 新兵xīn bīng(military) raw recruit; rookie; newcomer (to a profession or field)
• 卫兵wèi bīngguard; bodyguard
• 大兵dà bīngsoldier; large army; powerful army
• 步兵bù bīnginfantry; foot; infantryman
• 出兵chū bīngto send troops
• 哨兵shào bīngsentinel
• 宪兵xiàn bīngmilitary police
• 标兵biāo bīngparade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes); example; model
• 炮兵pào bīngartillery soldier; gunner
• 水兵shuǐ bīngenlisted sailor in navy
• 练兵liàn bīngto drill troops; army training
• 工农兵gōng nóng bīngworkers, peasants, and soldiers; the proletariat
• 派兵pài bīngto dispatch troops
• 带兵dài bīngto lead troops
• 阅兵yuè bīngto review troops; military parade
• 逃兵táo bīngarmy deserter
• 孙子兵法Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书

Characters that look like 兵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 共gòngcommon; general; to share
• 具jùtool; device; utensil
• 再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more
• 奔bēnto hurry; to rush; to run quickly
• 乒pīng(onomatopoeia) ping; bing
• 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against

Sounds the same

Read bīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冰ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold
• 屏used in 屏营
• 槟used in 槟榔; Taiwan pr. bīn
• 冫"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰
• 掤arrow-quiver cover
• 栟Trachycarpus excelsa
• 并short name for Taiyuan 太原
• 仌old variant of 冰
• 梹variant of 槟