tyun4 bing1屯兵
Jyutpingtyun4 bing1
Yaletyùhn bīng
Definition
To station or garrison troops; to amass soldiers at a location.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the act of stationing or garrisoning soldiers in a strategic location. It is rarely used in casual daily conversation and carries a formal or historical tone, often appearing in news reports or descriptions of military history.
Examples
That place used to be a location for stationing troops.
Where are they stationing their troops?
Related words
Common phrases
a strategically important garrison
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with general terms for soldiers like 士兵, as 屯兵 is a verb phrase describing the action of positioning troops rather than a noun for the soldiers themselves.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
