Meaning of 陆军
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- army
- ground forces
How to use 陆军
陆军 is the standard word for a country's army as one branch of the military, set beside the navy and air force. It often appears in news, history, and formal writing. Example: 他哥哥在陆军服役。(Tā gēge zài lùjūn fúyì.) His older brother serves in the army.
陆 (lù) means land, as in 陆地 (lùdì) dry land, and 军 (jūn) means army or troops, as in 军人 (jūnrén) soldier. Put them together and you get the land army, the ground forces.
Common mistake: Learners often use 陆军 for the military in general. For the armed forces as a whole, say 军队 (jūnduì). Also, 陆 is fourth tone lù, so do not confuse it with 路 (lù, road), which sounds the same but is written differently.
陆军 in example sentences
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陆 lù · land · 7 strokes
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军 jūn · army · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 陆军.
| 大陆 | dàlù | continent; mainland |
| 陆地 | lùdì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) |
| 陆续 | lùxù | in turn; successively |
| 冠军 | guànjūn | champion |
| 军人 | jūnrén | serviceman; soldier |
| 亚军 | yàjūn | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up |
| 将军 | jiāngjūn | general; high-ranking military officer |
| 军队 | jūnduì | armed forces; troops |
| 海军 | hǎijūn | navy |
| 军事 | jūnshì | military affairs; (attributive) military |
| 空军 | kōngjūn | air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked |
| 军舰 | jūnjiàn | warship; military naval vessel |
Questions about 陆军
What does 陆军 mean?
陆军 (lùjūn) means "army; ground forces" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 陆军?
陆军 is made of 2 characters: 陆 (7 strokes), 军 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 陆军 an HSK word?
Yes. 陆军 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 陆军 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 陆军 is written 陸軍.
What are the Chinese words for navy and air force?
The navy is 海军 (hǎijūn), literally sea army, and the air force is 空军 (kōngjūn), literally air army. Together with 陆军 they follow the same pattern of place plus 军.
Is 陆 in 陆军 the same character used for the number six on checks?
Yes. 陆 (lù) as a formal number is pronounced liù and stands for 六 (six) on banknotes and checks to prevent alteration. In 陆军 it is always read lù and means land.