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童子军

Tóng zǐ jūn

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Source form: 童子軍 / 童子军
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Scout (youth organization)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-7c5c185b502ffe0c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

童子軍 童子军 [Tong2 zi3 jun1] /Scout (youth organization)/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

tóng zǐ jūn

All readings
Source form: 童子軍 / 童子军
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
child soldiers / juvenile militia
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4a24180f588d0e96. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

童子軍 童子军 [tong2 zi3 jun1] /child soldiers/juvenile militia/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 童子軍

  • 童
    tóng

    child

    Tóng

    surname Tong

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

  • 军
    jūn

    (bound form) army / military

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.