Chinese symbol for “stragglers”
散兵
sǎn bīng
loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stragglers is 散兵 (sǎn bīng), defined as: loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; fig. a loner.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 散兵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 分散 | fēn sàn | to scatter; to disperse |
| 解散 | jiě sàn | to dissolve; to disband |
| 散发 (散發) | sàn fā | to distribute; to emit; to give off |
| 散布 (散佈) | sàn bù | to disseminate |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections |
| 士兵 | shì bīng | soldier; 个 (gè) |
| 步兵 | bù bīng | infantry; foot |
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.
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