People's Liberation Army

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 人民解放軍／人民解放军 (rénmín jiěfàngjūn).

Proper noun

People's Liberation Army

1. (military) People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the army branch of the military arm of the People's Republic of China.
2. (military) The military arm of the People's Republic of China.

Synonyms

• PLA (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• People's Liberation Army Navy
• People's Liberation Army Air Force
• People's Liberation Army Ground Force

Related terms

• liberation army
• People's Army

Translations

army branch

• Arabic: جَيْش التَحْرِير الشَعْبِيّ الصِينِيّ (jayš at-taḥrīr aš-šaʕbiyy aṣ-ṣīniyy)
• Azerbaijani: Çin Xalq Azadlıq Ordusu
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 中國人民解放軍／中国人民解放军 (zung¹ gwok³ jan⁴ man⁴ gaai² fong³ gwan¹)

  Mandarin: 中國人民解放軍／中国人民解放军 (zh) (Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn)

• Danish: Folkets Befrielseshær c
• Esperanto: Popola Liberiga Armeo
• Finnish: Kansan vapautusarmeija
• French: Armée populaire de libération f
• Georgian: ჩინეთის სახალხო-განმანთავისუფლებელი არმია (činetis saxalxo-ganmantavisuplebeli armia)
• German: Volksbefreiungsarmee f, Volksbefreiungsarmee f
• Hindi: पीपल्स लिबरेशन आर्मी (pīpals libreśan ārmī)
• Italian: Esercito Popolare di Liberazione
• Japanese: 中国人民解放軍 (Chūgoku jinmin kaihōgun)
• Korean: 중국 인민해방군 (Jungguk inminhaebanggun)
• Mongolian: Хятадын Ардын Чөлөөлөх Арми (Xjatadyn Ardyn Čölöölöx Armi)
• Persian: ارتش آزادی‌بخش خلق
• Russian: Наро́дно-освободи́тельная а́рмия Кита́я (ru) f (Naródno-osvobodítelʹnaja ármija Kitája)
• Spanish: Ejército Popular de Liberación m
• Thai: กองทัพปลดปล่อยประชาชน
• Tibetan: ཀྲུང་གོ་མི་དམངས་བཅིངས་འགྲོལ་དམག (krung go mi dmangs bcings 'grol dmag)
• Turkish: Çin Halk Kurtuluş Ordusu
• Urdu: پیپلز لبریشن آرمی
• Uyghur: جۇڭگو خەلق ئازادلىق ئارمىيىسى (junggo xelq azadliq armiyisi)
• Vietnamese: Giải phóng quân Nhân dân Trung Quốc
• Zhuang: Cunghgoz Yinzminz Gaijfangginh

military arm