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士兵

shì bīng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个

士兵 (shì bīng) means "soldier". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 士兵 means

1. soldier

The characters in 士兵

• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army

Example sentences

• 士兵给了我水。
  The soldier gave water to me.
• 我的儿子是士兵。
  My sons are soldiers.
• 士兵们工作很努力。
  The soldiers are working hard.
• 士兵们守卫着这座桥。
  Shìbīng men shǒuwèi zhe zhè zuò qiáo.
  The soldiers were guarding the bridge.
• 许多士兵在这里阵亡。
  Xǔduō shìbīng zài zhèlǐ zhènwáng.
  A lot of soldiers were killed here.
• 这名士兵痛苦地呻吟。
  Zhè míngshì bīng tòngkǔ de shēnyín.
  The soldier groaned with pain.

Where 士兵 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of War, Violence & Military (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì bīng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.