"Sentry" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 哨 |  shào | a whistle / sentry |   |
| 门卫 | mén wèi | guard at gate / sentry | |
| 岗哨 | gǎng shào | lookout post / sentry post / sentry | |
| 步哨 | bù shào | sentry / sentinel | |
| 下岗 | xià gǎng | (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off | |
| 站岗 | zhàn gǎng | to stand guard / to serve on sentry duty | |
| 哨所 | shào suǒ | watchhouse / sentry post | |
| 放哨 | fàng shào | to keep watch / to do sentry duty / to be on patrol | |
| 岗亭 | gǎng tíng | sentry box / police box | |
| 更 | gēng | to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
| 换岗 | huàn gǎng | to relieve a sentry / to change the guard | |
| 哨卡 | shào qiǎ | border sentry post | |
| 岗 | gǎng | (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post | |
| 观察哨 | guān chá shào | sentry post | |
| 瞭哨 | liào shào | to go on sentry duty / to stand guard | |
| 设岗 | shè gǎng | to post a sentry | |
| 高度警戒行动 | Operation Able Sentry | | |
| 暗哨 | àn shào | hidden sentry post | |
