Meanings
red guard1
plural red guards · alternative Red Guard
- A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
In Beijing, Red Guard assaults destroyed 4,922 of the capital’s 6,843 designated “places of cultural or historical interest.” The Forbidden City itself was reportedly saved only by Zhou Enlai’s personal intervention.
2011, Henry Kissinger, On China, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 194Synonyms: hongweibing
Red Guard2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 紅衛兵 /红卫兵
- 紅衛兵 /红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng)Red Guards (China)
Finnish punakaartilainen
- punakaartilainenRed Guards (China)
Japanese 紅衛兵
- 紅衛兵 (kōeihei)Red Guards (China)
Korean 홍위병
- 홍위병 (hong'wibyeong)Red Guards (China)
Polish czerwonogwardzista, hunwejbin
- czerwonogwardzistaRed Guards (China)
- hunwejbinRed Guards (China)
Russian хунвэйби́н, хунвейби́н
- хунвэйби́н (xunvɛjbín)Red Guards (China)
- хунвейби́н (xunvɛjbín)Red Guards (China)
- красногварде́ец (krasnogvardéjec)Red Guards (China)
- кра́сный (krásnyj)Red Guards (China)
- красноарме́ец (krasnoarméjec)Red Guards (China)
Swedish rödgardist
- rödgardistRed Guards (China)
Thai ยุวชนแดง
- ยุวชนแดง (yú wá chon daeng)Red Guards (China)
Vietnamese hồng vệ binh
- hồng vệ binhRed Guards (China)
Cite this entry
red guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20guard
“red guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20guard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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