兵 (bīng) means Soldiers (army - military). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
士 兵 向国旗敬礼。
Shìbīng xiàng guóqí jìnglǐ.
The soldiers saluted the flag.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敬礼
他年轻时当过士 兵 。
Tā niánqīng shí dāng guo shìbīng.
He was a soldier when he was young.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 士兵
博物馆里陈列着许多古代 兵 器。
Bówùguǎn lǐ chénlièzhe xǔduō gǔdài bīngqì.
Many ancient weapons are displayed in the museum.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陈列
士 兵 们每天早上都要操练两个小时。
Shìbīngmen měi tiān zǎoshang dōu yào cāoliàn liǎng ge xiǎoshí.
The soldiers have to drill for two hours every morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操练
地势险要，自古就是 兵 家必争之地。
Dìshì xiǎnyào, zìgǔ jiù shì bīngjiā bì zhēng zhī dì.
The terrain is strategically vital and has been fought over since ancient times.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 地势
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Words that contain 兵
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Questions about 兵
How is 兵 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 兵 (bīng, "Soldiers (army - military)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 兵 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 兵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 兵?
The dictionary page for 兵 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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