枪 qiāng — gun; firearm; rifle; spear; rifle; spear
警察身上配着一把枪。Jǐng chá shēn shàng pèi zhe yì bǎ qiāng.The police officer carries a gun.
Common words: 开枪 (kāi qiāng)、手枪 (shǒu qiāng)、枪毙 (qiāng bì)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "rifle"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "rifle", including 枪 (qiāng), 枪 (qiāng). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "rifle" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 枪 (qiāng), 枪 (qiāng) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading qiāng, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 枪 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 枪 qiānggun; firearm; rifle; spear; rifle; spearUseful words: 开枪, 手枪
- 枪 qiānggun; firearm; rifle; spear; rifle; spearUseful words: 开枪, 手枪
Common words for these 2 "rifle" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 枪 (qiāng) — so "rifle" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "rifle".
枪 qiāng — gun; firearm; rifle; spear; rifle; spear
警察身上配着一把枪。Jǐng chá shēn shàng pèi zhe yì bǎ qiāng.The police officer carries a gun.
Common words: 开枪 (kāi qiāng)、手枪 (shǒu qiāng)、枪毙 (qiāng bì)
All 2 characters
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