IDENTITY
兵bīngsoldier; army
HSK 4Top 400
CORE MEANING
soldier; army
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.soldierHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 八eight radical (bā)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱丘八
- the mound (old weapon)
- two hands (holding it)
USAGE
Common words
士兵shìbīngsoldier
当兵dāngbīngto serve in the army
Graded examples
士兵们很勇敢。Shìbīngmen hěn yǒnggǎn.HSK5
The soldiers are very brave.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 乒
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two hands (八) holding up an ax (丘) — a soldier.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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