水兵 (shuǐbīng): sailor (in the navy)

Measure Word

一个水兵 gè

Tā shì yī míng hǎijūn shuǐbīng.

He is a navy sailor.

Shuǐbīngmen chuānzhe báisè zhìfú.

The sailors were wearing white uniforms.

memory

水 (water) + 兵 (soldier) = a soldier on the water, i.e. a sailor.

水 shuǐ

兵 bīng