hongweibing

== English == === Alternative forms === hungweiping, hung-wei-ping, hung wei ping (Wade–Giles) === Etymology === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅衛兵 / 红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng, “red defense soldier; red guard”). === Pronunciation === enPR: ho͝ongʹwāʹbǐngʹ === Noun === hongweibing (plural hongweibing) (historical) 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. ==== Translations ====