枪战 (qiāng zhàn) — gun battle, shoot-out | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

gun battleshoot-out

Measure word · 场

Examples

枪战。
Zhè bù diàn yǐng lǐ de qiāng zhàn chǎng miàn fēi cháng jī liè.
The gun battle scenes in this movie are very intense.
枪战。
Jǐng chá yǔ fěi tú fā shēng le jī liè de qiāng zhàn.
The police and the gangsters had a fierce shoot-out.
枪战。
Zhè kuǎn yóu xì de qiāng zhàn shè jì hěn zhēn shí.
The gun battle design in this game is very realistic.

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.

The 战 battle is fought with 枪 guns.

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 槍; 枪 is its simplified writing.

木倉槍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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.

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

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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