Chinese symbol for “mercenary”
佣兵
yōng bīng
Traditional: 傭兵
(military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mercenary is 佣兵 (yōng bīng), defined as: (military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mercenary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇佣兵 (雇傭兵) | gù yōng bīng | (military) mercenary |
| 自私自利 | zì sī zì lì | everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 佣兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇佣 (僱傭) | gù yōng | to employ; to hire |
| 女佣 (女傭) | nǚ yōng | (female) maid |
| 佣金 | yòng jīn | commission |
| 佣人 (傭人) | yōng rén | servant |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot |
| 民兵 | mín bīng | people's militia; militia |
| 兵团 (兵團) | bīng tuán | large military unit; formation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mercenary”.
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.