槍
qiāngQiāng HSK5

gun, spear

枪 (槍) qiāng frequency
gun noun
a general term for firearms such as rifles or pistols

他手里拿着一把枪。

tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yī bǎ qiāng.

He is holding a gun in his hand.

shot noun
a classifier for shots fired from a firearm

他连开了三枪，全部命中了目标。

tā lián kāi le sān qiāng, quán​bù mìng zhòng le mù​biāo.

He fired three shots and hit the target every time.

gun-shaped object noun
an object whose shape or function resembles a gun

进门前请用测温枪测量体温。

jìn mén qián qǐng yòng cè​wēn qiāng cè​liáng tǐ​wēn.

Please use a temperature gun to check your temperature before entering.

substitute noun
to substitute for another person in a test or to act as a ghostwriter

他因为在重要的考试中请了枪而被开除了。

tā yīn​wèi zài zhòng​yào de kǎo​shì zhōng qǐng le qiāng ér bèi kāi​chú le.

He was expelled for hiring a ghost-tester for an important exam.

knock verb
to knock or strike against something

他的头在门上枪了一下。

tā de tóu zài mén shàng qiāng le yī​xià.

He bumped his head against the door.

spear noun
a traditional long-handled weapon with a sharp metal tip

古代将领擅长使用长枪。

gǔ​dài jiàng​lǐng shàn​cháng shǐ​yòng cháng qiāng.

Ancient generals were skilled in using spears.

枪 (槍) Qiāng
Qiang proper name
the Chinese surname Qiang

枪先生是这位新员工的导师。

Qiāng xiān​sheng shì zhè wèi xīn yuán​gōng de dǎo​shī.

Mr. Qiang is the mentor for this new employee.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
874th most common 199.3 per million
Movie subtitles
336th most common 463.9 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
353.2 per million appears in 42% of films
Written text
48.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Simplified
枪
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+69CD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)