炮兵 (pào bīng) — artillery (the branch or weapon system); artilleryman, artillery soldier
Definition
炮兵 refers both to the artillery branch of the army and to a soldier who serves in it. As a collective noun (large-scale weapons in example 2), it pairs with 部队 "unit"; as a role (one soldier in example 1), it takes 一名.
noun
artillery (the branch or weapon system)artillerymanartillery soldier
Examples
- 炮兵。Tā zài jūn duì lǐ shì yì míng pào bīng.He is an artilleryman in the army.
- 炮兵。Zhè cì yǎn xí dòng yòng le dà liàng pào bīng.This exercise deployed a large amount of artillery.
- 炮兵。pào bīng Bù duì zhèng zài qián xiàn zhī yuán bù bīng.The artillery unit is supporting the infantry on the front line.
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