当兵

Traditional form:

當兵

Pinyin (reading):

dāngbīng

Definitions:

• to serve in the army
• to be a soldier

Characters:

• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike

Traditional characters:

• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike