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枪 qiāng “gun” in Chinese

Traditional 槍

What 枪 means

  1. gun
  2. firearm
  3. rifle
  4. spear
  5. thing with shape or function similar to a gun
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to substitute for another person in a test

Measure word 支 zhī or 把 bǎ · 一支枪 yì zhī qiāng

How to say 枪

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale枪qiāng1st tone, high and level

枪 in a sentence

  1. 警察身上带着枪。

    Jǐngchá shēnshang dài zhe qiāng.

    The police officer is carrying a gun.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 弟弟生日收到了一把水枪。

    Dìdi shēngrì shōudào le yì bǎ shuǐqiāng.

    My little brother got a water pistol for his birthday.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 枪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 枪 (qiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
枪qiānggun
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiāng.

How to write 枪

枪 8 strokes

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枪 (qiāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 枪 (qiāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

枪 (qiāng) means “gun” or “firearm”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qiāng: qiāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 枪 is written 槍. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 支 (zhī) or 把 (bǎ). For example, one gun is 一支枪 (yì zhī qiāng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 枪 from the suggestions. Typing qiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
枪 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.