Armed forces in Chinese
armed forces · HSK 6
部队
- 部 part
- 队 team
Counted with 支: 一支部队
他在部队当了三年兵。 He served in the army for three years.
Other ways to say armed forces
More words with 部 or 队
How do you say armed forces in Chinese?
Armed forces in Chinese is 部队 (bù duì). You can also say 军队 (jūn duì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
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