士 兵 shì bīng soldier / CL:個|个[ge4] 战 士 zhàn shì fighter / soldier / warrior / CL:個|个[ge4] 军 人 jūn rén serviceman / soldier / military personnel 军 士 jūn shì soldier / noncommssioned officer (NCO) 士 卒 shì zú soldier / private (army) 兵 家 bīng jiā military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier 士 member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker 卒 soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess 丘 八 qiū bā soldier (from the two components of the 兵 / character) (derog.) 征 士 zhēng shì soldier (in battle) 更 卒 gēng zú soldier (serving alternate watch) 大 兵 dà bīng soldier / large army / powerful army / (old) large-scale war 舌 头 shé tou tongue / CL:個|个[ge4] / enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information 老 总 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer 步 兵 bù bīng infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier 当 兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier 炮 兵 pào bīng artillery soldier / gunner 兵 士 bīng shì ordinary soldier 特 种 兵 tè zhǒng bīng commando / special forces soldier 单 兵 dān bīng individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements 天 兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up 小 卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn 貔 貅 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier 草 木 皆 兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered 志 愿 兵 zhì yuàn bīng volunteer soldier / CL:名[ming2] 共 匪 gòng fěi communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) 兵 痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune 袍 泽 páo zé fellow soldier 骑 (Tw) saddle horse / mounted soldier 无 名 小 卒 wú míng xiǎo zú insignificant soldier (idiom) / a nobody / nonentity 吴 下 阿 蒙 Wú xià ā Méng General Lü / Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 / of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) 文 武 双 全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword 爆 破 手 bào pò shǒu blaster / soldier or workman who sets off explosive charges / petardier 兵 蚁 bīng yǐ soldier ant / dinergate 美 国 军 人 Měi guó jūn rén American serviceman / US soldier 变 兵 biàn bīng rebel soldier 无 名 战 士 墓 wú míng zhàn shì mù Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 千 鸟 渊 国 家 公 墓 Qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo / also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 卆 variant of 卒[zu2], soldier / to die 好 兵 帅 克 Hǎo bīng Shuài kè The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923) 娃 娃 兵 wá wa bīng child soldier 守 兵 shǒu bīng guard / garrison soldier 屯 戍 tún shù garrison / soldier stationed in some place 征 人 zhēng rén traveler (on a long journey) / participant in an expedition / garrison soldier / new recruit 征 夫 zhēng fū traveler / soldier on expedition / soldier taking part in battle 戍 卒 shù zú garrison soldier 旗 丁 qí dīng Manchurian foot soldier 旗 兵 qí bīng Manchurian soldier 荣 誉 军 人 róng yù jūn rén disabled soldier / serviceman wounded in action 无 名 战 死 wú míng zhàn sǐ the unknown soldier (symbolizing war dead) 无 名 烈 士 墓 wú míng liè shì mù tomb of the unknown soldier 瓜 代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season 砲 兵 pào bīng artillery soldier / gunner / also written 炮兵 禁 足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat 阿 兵 哥 ā bīng gē (coll.) soldier boy 骑 马 者 qí mǎ zhě horseman / rider / mounted soldier 基 本 级 jī běn jí basic level / soldier level 士 兵 级 shì bīng jí basic level / soldier level 赤 匪 chì fěi red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) 同 袍 tóng páo fellow soldier / comrade / companion / intimate friend 荣 民 róng mín retired soldier / veteran 关 禁 闭 guān jìn bì to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
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