枪 (qiāng) — gun; spear; classifier for gunshots.
Real origin: Tree 木 + granary 仓 cāng for the sound: a spear, now a gun.
Measure words: 支; 把; 杆; 条.
Example sentences with 枪:
- 那是一把枪。 — Nà shì yì bǎ qiāng. — That is a gun.
- 他手里拿着一把枪。 — Tā shǒulǐ ná zhe yì bǎ qiāng. — He is holding a gun in his hand.
- 警察手里有枪。 — Jǐngchá shǒulǐ yǒu qiāng. — The police officer has a gun in his hand.
- 他因为带枪上飞机被警察抓了。 — Tā yīn wèi dài qiāng shàng fēi jī bèi jǐng chá zhuā le. — He was arrested by the police for taking a gun onto a plane.
- 士兵们正在进行射击训练，每人手里都拿着枪。 — Shì bīng men zhèng zài jìn xíng shè jī xùn liàn, měi rén shǒu lǐ dōu ná zhe qiāng. — The soldiers are doing shooting practice, each holding a gun.
- 在那个动荡的年代，许多人为了生存被迫拿起了枪。 — Zài nàge dòngdàng de niándài, xǔduō rén wèile shēngcún bèipò náqǐ le qiāng. — In that turbulent era, many people were forced to take up arms to survive.
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