Chinese symbol for “sentinel”
哨兵
shào bīng
sentinel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sentinel is 哨兵 (shào bīng), defined as: sentinel.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sentinel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哨兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前哨 | qián shào | outpost; (fig.) front line |
| 口哨 | kǒu shào | whistle |
| 哨子 | shào zi | whistle |
| 吹哨 | chuī shào | to blow a whistle; to whistle |
| 花哨 | huā shao | garish; gaudy |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot |
| 民兵 | mín bīng | people's militia; militia |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sentinel”.
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.