Chinese symbol for “veteran”
退伍军人
tuì wǔ jūn rén
Traditional: 退伍軍人
veteran
The closest CC-CEDICT match for veteran is 退伍军人 (tuì wǔ jūn rén), defined as: veteran.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “veteran”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资深 (資深) | zī shēn | senior; highly experienced; veteran |
| 老兵 | lǎo bīng | old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain) |
| 老资格 (老資格) | lǎo zī gé | veteran |
| 元老 | yuán lǎo | senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran |
| 行家 | háng jiā | connoisseur; expert; veteran |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 退伍军人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 退出 | tuì chū | to withdraw; to abort |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to fall back; to go in reverse |
| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned |
| 队伍 (隊伍) | duì wǔ | troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team |
| 退伍 | tuì wǔ | to be discharged from military service |
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “veteran”.
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.