Chinese symbol for “infantry”
步兵
bù bīng
infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier
The closest CC-CEDICT match for infantry is 步兵 (bù bīng), defined as: infantry; foot; infantryman; foot soldier.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 步兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
| 步骤 (步驟) | bù zhòu | procedure; step |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 民兵 | mín bīng | people's militia; militia |
See also: Japanese symbol for “infantry”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.