| 军事 | jūn shì | military affairs / military matters / military |   |
| 武装 | wǔ zhuāng | arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) | |
| 军方 | jūn fāng | military | |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations) / industrial or military base / al-Qaeda | |
| 将军 | jiāng jūn | general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot | |
| 武功 | wǔ gōng | martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats | |
| 军人 | jūn rén | serviceman / soldier / military personnel | |
| 大队 | dà duì | group / a large body of / production brigade / military group | |
| 战役 | zhàn yì | military campaign | |
| 武术 | wǔ shù | military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 孙子 | Sūn zǐ | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 前线 | qián xiàn | front line / military front / workface / cutting edge | |
| 兵力 | bīng lì | military strength / armed forces / troops | |
| 战绩 | zhàn jì | military successes / (fig.) success / accomplishment | |
| 将领 | jiàng lǐng | high-ranking military officer | |
| 兵团 | bīng tuán | large military unit / formation / corps / army | |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | military force | |
| 退役 | tuì yì | to retire from the military, sport etc / to demobilize / to decommission / retired from use | |
| 诸葛亮 | Zhū gě Liàng | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 / during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / mastermind | |
| 军区 | jūn qū | geographical area of command / (PLA) military district | |
| 蒋介石 | Jiǎng Jiè shí | Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 | |
| 军用 | jūn yòng | (for) military use / military application | |
| 兵法 | bīng fǎ | art of war / military strategy and tactics | |
| 军训 | jūn xùn | military practice, esp. for reservists or new recruits / military training as a (sometimes compulsory) subject in schools and colleges / drill | |
| 教官 | jiào guān | military instructor | |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest) / a demonstration / a military show of force | |
| 武艺 | wǔ yì | martial art / military skill | |
| 小将 | xiǎo jiàng | (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) | |
| 军医 | jūn yī | military doctor | |
| 军师 | jūn shī | (old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser | |
| 师长 | shī zhǎng | military division level commander / teacher | |
| 军委 | jūn wěi | Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee | |
| 武将 | wǔ jiàng | general / military leader / fierce man | |
| 司令部 | sī lìng bù | headquarters / military command center | |
| 军校 | jūn xiào | military school / military academy | |
| 军舰 | jūn jiàn | warship / military naval vessel / CL:艘[sou1] | |
| 文武 | wén wǔ | civil and military | |
| 军衔 | jūn xián | army rank / military rank | |
| 兵马 | bīng mǎ | troops and horses / military forces | |
| 据点 | jù diǎn | stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence | |
| 号令 | hào lìng | an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command | |
| 总司令 | zǒng sī lìng | commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
| 士官 | shì guān | warrant officer / petty officer / noncommissioned officer (NCO) / Japanese military officer | |
| 军装 | jūn zhuāng | military uniform | |
| 战力 | zhàn lì | military strength / military power / military capability | |
| 分队 | fēn duì | military platoon or squad | |
| 旗号 | qí hào | military banner / flag signal / (fig.) banner (i.e. false pretenses) | |
| 军刀 | jūn dāo | military knife / saber | |
| 远征 | yuǎn zhēng | an expedition, esp. military / march to remote regions | |
| 退伍 | tuì wǔ | to be discharged from military service | |
| 中央军委 | zhōng yāng jūn wěi | Central Military Committee (CMC) | |
| 校尉 | xiào wèi | military officer | |
| 屏东 | Píng dōng | Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan | |
| 军力 | jūn lì | military power | |
| 都督 | dū dū | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) | |
| 军阀 | jūn fá | military clique / junta / warlord | |
| 军事行动 | jūn shì xíng dòng | military operation | |
| 猛将 | měng jiàng | fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual | |
| 战功 | zhàn gōng | outstanding military service | |
| 军演 | jūn yǎn | military exercises | |
| 兵营 | bīng yíng | military camp / barracks | |
| 威名 | wēi míng | fame for fighting prowess / military glory | |
| 军情 | jūn qíng | military situation / military intelligence | |
| 检阅 | jiǎn yuè | to inspect / to review (troops etc) / military review | |
| 威慑 | wēi shè | to cower by military force / deterrence | |
| 工事 | gōng shì | defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works | |
| 军费 | jūn fèi | military expenditure | |
| 重兵 | zhòng bīng | massive military force | |
| 军事演习 | jūn shì yǎn xí | military exercise / war game | |
| 节度使 | jié dù shǐ | Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song | |
| 军事基地 | jūn shì jī dì | military base | |
| 战法 | zhàn fǎ | military strategy | |
| 宪兵 | xiàn bīng | military police | |
| 曾国藩 | Zēng Guó fān | Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man | |
| 军事力量 | jūn shì lì liang | military strength / military force(s) | |
| 教头 | jiào tóu | sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) | |
| 单兵 | dān bīng | individual soldier / (literary) isolated military unit, cut off from reinforcements | |
| 幕府 | mù fǔ | (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun | |
| 工兵 | gōng bīng | military engineer | |
| 军务 | jūn wù | military affairs | |
| 军机 | jūn jī | military aircraft / secret plan / Privy Council during the Qing dynasty | |
| 大帅 | dà shuài | (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] | |
| 壮年 | zhuàng nián | lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) | |
| 阅兵 | yuè bīng | to review troops / military parade | |
| 兵家 | bīng jiā | military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier | |
| 慰安妇 | wèi ān fù | comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 / "ianfu") | |
| 军车 | jūn chē | military vehicle | |
| 武官 | wǔ guān | military official / military attaché | |
| 军分区 | jūn fēn qū | military subdistricts | |
| 都尉 | dū wèi | military rank | |
| 军事训练 | jūn shì xùn liàn | military exercise / army drill | |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC | |
| 兵权 | bīng quán | military leadership / military power | |
| 贺龙 | Hè Lóng | He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 八旗 | bā qí | Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty | |
| 兵役 | bīng yì | military service | |
| 军事家 | jūn shì jiā | military expert / general | |
| 马兰 | Mǎ lán | Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang | |
| 军需 | jūn xū | military supplies | |
