军队 (jūn duì) — armed forces; military; troops
Definition
军队 refers to a country's armed forces as an institution (often paired with 支, 个). 部队 is more like a specific military unit; 兵 and 军人 refer to individual soldiers, not the whole force.
noun
armed forcesmilitarytroops
Measure word · 支, 个
Examples
- 军队。Zhè zhī jūn duì gòng yǒu sān wàn rén.This army has thirty thousand people in total.
- 军队。jūn duì De xùn liàn fēi cháng zhòng yào.Military training is very important.
- 军队。Tā xiǎo shí hou jiù xiǎng jiā rù jūn duì.He wanted to join the army when he was a child.
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