| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 兵 | 兵 | bīng | - soldiers - a force - an army - weapons - arms - military - warlike - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 交兵 | 交兵 | jiāobīng | - in a state of war |
| 伏兵 | 伏兵 | fúbīng | - hidden troops - ambush |
| 休兵 | 休兵 | xiūbīng | - to cease fire - armistice - rested troops |
| 伞兵 | 傘兵 | sǎnbīng | - paratrooper |
| 佣兵 | 傭兵 | yōngbīng | - mercenary - hired gun |
| 兵乱 | 兵亂 | bīngluàn | - confusion of war - turmoil of war |
| 兵刃 | 兵刃 | bīngrèn | - (bladed) weapons |
| 兵制 | 兵制 | bīngzhì | - military system |
| 兵力 | 兵力 | bīnglì | - military strength - armed forces - troops |
| 兵卒 | 兵卒 | bīngzú | - soldiers - troops |
| 兵员 | 兵員 | bīngyuán | - soldiers - troops |
| 兵器 | 兵器 | bīngqì | - weaponry - weapons - arms |
| 兵团 | 兵團 | bīngtuán | - large military unit - formation - corps - army |
| 兵士 | 兵士 | bīngshì | - ordinary soldier |
| 兵家 | 兵家 | Bīngjiā | - the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) |
| 兵家 | 兵家 | bīngjiā | - military strategist in ancient China - military commander - soldier |
| 兵库 | 兵庫 | Bīngkù | - Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
| 兵役 | 兵役 | bīngyì | - military service |
| 兵戈 | 兵戈 | bīnggē | - weapons - arms - fighting - war |
| 兵戎 | 兵戎 | bīngróng | - arms - weapons |
| 兵书 | 兵書 | bīngshū | - a book on the art of war |
| 兵权 | 兵權 | bīngquán | - military leadership - military power |
| 兵法 | 兵法 | bīngfǎ | - art of war - military strategy and tactics |
| 兵源 | 兵源 | bīngyuán | - manpower resources (for military service) - sources of troops |
| 兵营 | 兵營 | bīngyíng | - military camp - barracks |
| 兵痞 | 兵痞 | bīngpǐ | - army riffraff - army ruffian - soldier of fortune |
| 兵种 | 兵種 | bīngzhǒng | - (military) branch of the armed forces |
| 兵站 | 兵站 | bīngzhàn | - army service station - military depot |
| 兵船 | 兵船 | bīngchuán | - man-of-war - naval vessel - warship |
| 兵舰 | 兵艦 | bīngjiàn | - warship |
| 兵蚁 | 兵蟻 | bīngyǐ | - soldier ant - dinergate |
| 兵变 | 兵變 | bīngbiàn | - mutiny |
| 兵部 | 兵部 | Bīngbù | - Ministry of War (in imperial China) |
| 兵队 | 兵隊 | bīngduì | - troops |
| 兵饷 | 兵餉 | bīngxiǎng | - pay and provisions for soldiers |
| 兵马 | 兵馬 | bīngmǎ | - troops and horses - military forces |
| 冗兵 | 冗兵 | rǒngbīng | - superfluous troops |
| 出兵 | 出兵 | chūbīng | - to send troops |
| 列兵 | 列兵 | lièbīng | - private (army) |
| 哨兵 | 哨兵 | shàobīng | - sentinel |
| 增兵 | 增兵 | zēngbīng | - to reinforce - to increase troop numbers - reinforcements - extra troops |
| 士兵 | 士兵 | shìbīng | - soldier - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 奇兵 | 奇兵 | qíbīng | - troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush) |
| 守兵 | 守兵 | shǒubīng | - guard - garrison soldier |
| 官兵 | 官兵 | guānbīng | - officers and men |
| 工兵 | 工兵 | gōngbīng | - military engineer |
| 带兵 | 帶兵 | dàibīng | - to lead troops |
| 弩兵 | 弩兵 | nǔbīng | - archer - infantry armed with crossbow |
| 强兵 | 強兵 | qiángbīng | - strong soldiers - make the military powerful (political slogan) |
| 征兵 | 徵兵 | zhēngbīng | - to levy troops - recruitment |
| 宪兵 | 憲兵 | xiànbīng | - military police |
| 招兵 | 招兵 | zhāobīng | - to recruit soldiers |
| 援兵 | 援兵 | yuánbīng | - reinforcement |
| 搬兵 | 搬兵 | bānbīng | - to call for reinforcements - to bring in troops |
| 撤兵 | 撤兵 | chèbīng | - withdraw troops - retreat |
| 收兵 | 收兵 | shōubīng | - to retreat - to withdraw troops - to recall troops - fig. to finish work - to wind up - to call it a day - used with negatives: the task is far from over |
| 散兵 | 散兵 | sǎnbīng | - loose and disorganized soldiers - stragglers - fig. a loner |
| 新兵 | 新兵 | xīnbīng | - new (army) recruit |
| 旗兵 | 旗兵 | qíbīng | - Manchurian soldier |
| 标兵 | 標兵 | biāobīng | - parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes) - example - model - pacesetter |
| 步兵 | 步兵 | bùbīng | - infantry - foot - infantryman - foot soldier |
| 民兵 | 民兵 | mínbīng | - people's militia - militia - militiaman |
| 水兵 | 水兵 | shuǐbīng | - enlisted sailor in navy |
| 派兵 | 派兵 | pàibīng | - to dispatch troops |
| 清兵 | 清兵 | Qīngbīng | - Qing troops - Manchu soldiers |
| 溃兵 | 潰兵 | kuìbīng | - defeated troops - routed army - scattered soldiers |
| 炮兵 | 炮兵 | pàobīng | - artillery soldier - gunner |
| 当兵 | 當兵 | dāngbīng | - to serve in the army - to be a soldier |
| 疑兵 | 疑兵 | yíbīng | - troops deployed to mislead the enemy |
| 发兵 | 發兵 | fābīng | - to dispatch an army - to send troops |
| 精兵 | 精兵 | jīngbīng | - elite troops |
| 练兵 | 練兵 | liànbīng | - to drill troops - army training |
| 老兵 | 老兵 | lǎobīng | - veteran |
| 兴兵 | 興兵 | xīngbīng | - to send troops |
| 号兵 | 號兵 | hàobīng | - bugler - trumpeter (military) |
| 卫兵 | 衛兵 | wèibīng | - guard - bodyguard |
| 裁兵 | 裁兵 | cáibīng | - to reduce troop numbers - disarmament |
| 变兵 | 變兵 | biànbīng | - rebel soldier |
| 逃兵 | 逃兵 | táobīng | - army deserter |
| 重兵 | 重兵 | zhòngbīng | - massive military force |
| 阅兵 | 閱兵 | yuèbīng | - to review troops |
| 陈兵 | 陳兵 | chénbīng | - to deploy troops - to mass troops |
| 养兵 | 養兵 | yǎngbīng | - to train troops |
| 骑兵 | 騎兵 | qíbīng | - cavalry |
| 点兵 | 點兵 | diǎnbīng | - to inspect troops - to review |
| 上等兵 | 上等兵 | shàngděngbīng | - private first class (army rank) |
| 侦察兵 | 偵察兵 | zhēnchábīng | - a scout - spy |
| 传令兵 | 傳令兵 | chuánlìngbīng | - orderly |
| 兵器术 | 兵器術 | bīngqìshù | - martial arts involving weapons |
| 兵工厂 | 兵工廠 | bīnggōngchǎng | - munitions factory |
| 兵库县 | 兵庫縣 | Bīngkùxiàn | - Hyōgo prefecture in the midwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] |
| 兵马俑 | 兵馬俑 | bīngmǎyǒng | - figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead - Terracotta Army (historic site) |
| 勤务兵 | 勤務兵 | qínwùbīng | - army orderly |
| 娃娃兵 | 娃娃兵 | wáwabīng | - child soldier |
| 工农兵 | 工農兵 | gōngnóngbīng | - workers, peasants, and soldiers - the proletariat |
| 志愿兵 | 志願兵 | zhìyuànbīng | - volunteer soldier - CL:名[ming2] |
| 宪兵队 | 憲兵隊 | xiànbīngduì | - the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII) |
| 排头兵 | 排頭兵 | páitóubīng | - lit. frontline troops - leader - trailblazer - pacesetter |
| 担架兵 | 擔架兵 | dānjiàbīng | - stretcher bearer (military) |
| 散兵坑 | 散兵坑 | sǎnbīngkēng | - foxhole (military) |
| 文艺兵 | 文藝兵 | wényìbīng | - PLA military personnel who specialize in literary or artistic pursuits |
| 特种兵 | 特種兵 | tèzhǒngbīng | - commando - special forces soldier |
| 空降兵 | 空降兵 | kōngjiàngbīng | - paratroopers |
| 红卫兵 | 紅衛兵 | Hóngwèibīng | - Red Guard(s) (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) |
| 绿旗兵 | 綠旗兵 | Lǜqíbīng | - same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units |
| 绿营兵 | 綠營兵 | Lǜyíngbīng | - Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units |
| 调兵山 | 調兵山 | Diàobīngshān | - Mt Diaobingshan in Tieling - Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 阿兵哥 | 阿兵哥 | ābīnggē | - (coll.) soldier boy |
| 雇佣兵 | 雇傭兵 | gùyōngbīng | - mercenary - hired gun |
| 先礼后兵 | 先禮後兵 | xiānlǐhòubīng | - peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence - jaw-jaw is better than war-war |
| 全民皆兵 | 全民皆兵 | quánmínjiēbīng | - to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom) |
| 兵不厌诈 | 兵不厭詐 | bīngbùyànzhà | - there can never be too much deception in war - in war nothing is too deceitful - all's fair in war |
| 兵不血刃 | 兵不血刃 | bīngbùxuèrèn | - lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory |
| 兵家常事 | 兵家常事 | bīngjiāchángshì | - commonplace in military operations (idiom) |
| 兵强马壮 | 兵強馬壯 | bīngqiángmǎzhuàng | - lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom) - fig. a well-trained and powerful army |
| 兵戈扰攘 | 兵戈擾攘 | bīnggērǎorǎng | - arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war |
| 兵戎相见 | 兵戎相見 | bīngróngxiāngjiàn | - to meet on the battlefield (idiom) |
| 兵精粮足 | 兵精糧足 | bīngjīngliángzú | - elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces - preparations for war are in an advanced state |
| 兵临城下 | 兵臨城下 | bīnglínchéngxià | - soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture |
| 兵荒马乱 | 兵荒馬亂 | bīnghuāngmǎluàn | - soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war |
| 兵贵神速 | 兵貴神速 | bīngguìshénsù | - lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom) - fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth) |
| 兵连祸结 | 兵連禍結 | bīngliánhuòjié | - ravaged by successive wars - war-torn - war-ridden |
| 哀兵必胜 | 哀兵必勝 | āibīngbìshèng | - an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) |
| 国富兵强 | 國富兵強 | guófùbīngqiáng | - prosperous country with military might |
| 天兵天将 | 天兵天將 | tiānbīngtiānjiàng | - celestial troops and generals (idiom) - fig. superior forces |
| 太公兵法 | 太公兵法 | TàigōngBīngfǎ | - alternative name for ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] |
| 好兵帅克 | 好兵帥克 | HǎobīngShuàikè | - The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923) |
| 孙子兵法 | 孫子兵法 | SūnzǐBīngfǎ | - “Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] |
| 孙膑兵法 | 孫臏兵法 | SūnBìnBīngfǎ | - Sun Bin's "The Art of War" |
| 富国强兵 | 富國強兵 | fùguóqiángbīng | - lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times - Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) |
| 招兵买马 | 招兵買馬 | zhāobīngmǎimǎ | - to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army - fig. to expand business - to recruit new staff |
| 按兵不动 | 按兵不動 | ànbīngbùdòng | - to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time |
| 散兵游勇 | 散兵遊勇 | sǎnbīngyóuyǒng | - lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action |
| 案兵束甲 | 案兵束甲 | ànbīngshùjiǎ | - to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting |
| 案甲休兵 | 案甲休兵 | ànjiǎxiūbīng | - to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting |
| 残兵败将 | 殘兵敗將 | cánbīngbàijiàng | - ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants |
| 短兵相接 | 短兵相接 | duǎnbīngxiāngjiē | - lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat - to fight at close quarters |
| 穷兵黩武 | 窮兵黷武 | qióngbīngdúwǔ | - to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom) - militaristic - bellicose |
| 纸上谈兵 | 紙上談兵 | zhǐshàngtánbīng | - lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) - fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice - armchair strategist - idle theorizing - cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC |
| 缓兵之计 | 緩兵之計 | huǎnbīngzhījì | - delaying tactics - stalling - measures to stave off an attack - stratagem to win a respite |
| 草木皆兵 | 草木皆兵 | cǎomùjiēbīng | - lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy - to feel beleaguered |
| 草率收兵 | 草率收兵 | cǎoshuàishōubīng | - to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted - half-baked |
| 草草收兵 | 草草收兵 | cǎocǎoshōubīng | - to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted - half-baked |
| 虾兵蟹将 | 蝦兵蟹將 | xiābīngxièjiàng | - shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) - useless troops (idiom) |
| 调兵山市 | 調兵山市 | Diàobīngshānshì | - Diaobingshan district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning |
| 调兵遣将 | 調兵遣將 | diàobīngqiǎnjiàng | - to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army - to send a team on a task |
| 陈桥兵变 | 陳橋兵變 | Chénqiáobīngbiàn | - the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty |
| 骄兵必败 | 驕兵必敗 | jiāobīngbìbài | - lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) - fig. pride goes before a fall |
| 鸣金收兵 | 鳴金收兵 | míngjīnshōubīng | - to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat |
| 亡兵纪念日 | 亡兵紀念日 | WángbīngJìniànrì | - Memorial Day (American holiday) |
| 兵败如山倒 | 兵敗如山倒 | bīngbàirúshāndǎo | - troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse |
| 分巡兵备道 | 分巡兵備道 | FēnxúnBīngBèidào | - Qing Dynasty General Supervisory and Military Command |
| 杯酒释兵权 | 杯酒釋兵權 | bēijiǔshìbīngquán | - to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups - cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces |
| 拯救大兵瑞恩 | 拯救大兵瑞恩 | ZhěngjiùDàbīngRuìēn | - Saving Private Ryan (1998 movie) |
| 双后前兵开局 | 雙后前兵開局 | shuānghòuqiánbīngkāijú | - Double Queen Pawn Opening - Closed Game (chess) - same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局 |
| 强将手下无弱兵 | 強將手下無弱兵 | qiángjiàngshǒuxiàwúruòbīng | - there are no poor soldiers under a good general (idiom) |
| 赔了夫人又折兵 | 賠了夫人又折兵 | péilefūrényòuzhébīng | - having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) - to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy |
| 兵来将挡，水来土掩 | 兵來將擋，水來土掩 | bīngláijiàngdǎng,shuǐláitǔyǎn | - counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action - to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| 兵来将敌，水来土堰 | 兵來將敵，水來土堰 | bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn | - counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action - to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| 兵马未动，粮草先行 | 兵馬未動，糧草先行 | bīngmǎwèidòng,liángcǎoxiānxíng | - before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers - an army marches on its stomach |
| 养兵千日，用兵一时 | 養兵千日，用兵一時 | yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngbīngyīshí | - lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
| 养兵千日，用在一时 | 養兵千日，用在一時 | yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngzàiyīshí | - see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2] |
| 养兵千日，用在一朝 | 養兵千日，用在一朝 | yǎngbīngqiānrì,yòngzàiyīcháo | - lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off |
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