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冲锋枪 (chōng fēng qiāng) — submachine gun; assault rifle

Definition

noun
submachine gunassault rifle
Measure word · 把

Examples

  • 冲锋枪。
    Zhè zhǒng chōng fēng qiāng de wēi lì hěn dà.
    This type of submachine gun is very powerful.
  • 冲锋枪。
    Shì bīng ná zhe yì bǎ chōng fēng qiāng chōng jìn le fáng jiān.
    The soldier rushed into the room holding a submachine gun.
  • 冲锋枪。
    Tā zài yóu xì lǐ zuì xǐ huan yòng chōng fēng qiāng.
    He likes to use the submachine gun the most in games.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

冲锋charge
冲chōngrush锋fēngvanguard
动宾Verb + object
枪qiānggun

冲锋 'charge' with 枪 'gun' names a weapon used for rapid attack.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng衝chōng
Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Open 冲 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋒; 锋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夆
夆páng鋒fēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鋒 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound part 夆; the simplified 锋 is a shorthand.

Open 锋 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng槍qiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 槍 pairs 木 (wood) with 倉 as a sound part; the simplified 枪 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical component.

Open 枪 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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