Troops in Chinese
troops · HSK 5
队伍
- 队 team
- 伍 army ranks
Other ways to say troops
More words with 队 or 伍
How do you say troops in Chinese?
Troops in Chinese is 队伍 (duì wu). You can also say 兵 (bīng), 部队 (bù duì), 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?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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