兵 — meaning in English
bīng
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English meaning
- pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
- peon noun A person with little power or status, especially one doing low-level, menial work.
- private adj Belonging to a particular person or group, rather than the public or the state.
- soldier noun A person who serves in an army, especially one who is not an officer.
- trooper noun A soldier, especially one in a cavalry or armoured unit, or a state police officer (US).
Senses
兵 is used for these senses in English:
- pawn (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
- peon A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- private A soldier of the lowest rank in the army.
- rank and file Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.
- soldier A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- trooper (military) A soldier.
pawn — full definition
- verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
- noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
- noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.