English Explanatory Dictionary

hongweibing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A red guard, a member of a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution.

Pronunciation

ho͝ongʹwāʹbǐngʹ

Word forms

hongweibing hungweiping hung-wei-ping hung wei ping

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅衛兵 /红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng, “red defense soldier; red guard”).

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