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Chinese symbol for “mutiny”

兵变
bīng biàn
Traditional: 兵變
mutiny; (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mutiny is 兵变 (bīng biàn), defined as: mutiny; (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army.

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Characters and stroke order

兵 bīng
soldier; troops, an army; warlike
radical 12 ⼋ · 7 strokes
变 biàn
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mutiny”

WordPinyinMeaning
哗变 (嘩變)huá biànmutiny; rebellion
叛变 (叛變)pàn biànto defect; to betray

Related words

Other words that share a character with 兵变.

WordPinyinMeaning
士兵shì bīngsoldier; 个 (gè)
步兵bù bīnginfantry; foot
民兵mín bīngpeople's militia; militia
兵团 (兵團)bīng tuánlarge military unit; formation
骑兵 (騎兵)qí bīngcavalry
兵力bīng lìmilitary strength; armed forces
改变 (改變)gǎi biànto change; to alter
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “mutiny”.

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.