HSK 5 · Society

士兵 shìbīng “soldier” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 士兵 means

  1. soldier

Measure word 个 gè · 一个士兵 yí ge shìbīng

How to say 士兵

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale士shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale兵bīng1st tone, high and level

士兵 in a sentence

  1. 那位士兵变成老师了。

    Nà wèi shìbīng biànchéng lǎoshī le.

    That soldier became a teacher.

    Sentence #904812 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 士兵们对危险习以为常。

    Shìbīngmen duì wēixiǎn xíyǐwéicháng.

    Soldiers are used to danger.

    Sentence #788566 from Tatoeba

  3. 士兵给了我水。

    Shìbīng gěi le wǒ shuǐ.

    A soldier gave me some water.

    Sentence #805024 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 士兵 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 士 (shì) drawn as one shape
士shìmember of the senior ministerial class

士 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 兵 (bīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兵bīngsoldiers
  • 丘mound · qiū
  • 八eight · bā

How to write 士兵

士 3 strokes · 兵 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

士兵 (shìbīng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 士兵 (shìbīng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 士兵

Words with 士

博士bóshì · doctorate硕士shuòshì · master’s degree护士hùshi · nurse女士nǚshì · lady人士rénshì · public figure绅士shēnshì · gentleman

More words: Society & Law

权力quánlì · power权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)人才réncái · talent人口rénkǒu · population偷tōu · to steal外交wàijiāo · diplomacy王子wángzǐ · prince违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)

FAQs

士兵 (shìbīng) means “soldier”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shìbīng: shì with a 4th tone, then bīng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 士兵 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one soldier is 一个士兵 (yí ge shìbīng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shibing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 士兵 from the suggestions. Typing shibing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
士兵 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.