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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

弹药

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dànyào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
ammunition/ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4120 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"士兵们的弹药用完了。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A supply or quantity of bullets and shells.

    "The soldiers ran out of ammunition during the fierce battle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century: alteration of French la munition, misunderstood as l'ammunition, from Latin munitio 'fortification', from munire 'fortify'.

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