将士

將士
jiàngshì
noun #23,244

Meanings

  1. 1 officers and soldiers
  2. 2 military commanders and troops
  3. 3 the armed forces

Examples

Huángdì qīnzì wèiwèn qiánxiàn de jiàngshì.
The emperor personally went to comfort the officers and soldiers on the front line.
Quántǐ jiàngshì qíxīn xiélì, zhōngyú yíngdé le zhànyì.
All the officers and soldiers worked together in unity and finally won the battle.

Tips

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将士 is a formal or literary term, common in historical texts, military communiques, and period dramas. In modern casual Chinese, people more typically say 军人 (soldier) or 官兵 (officers and soldiers).

Stroke Order

jiāng
shì