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枪炮 (qiāng pào) — guns and cannons; firearms

Definition

noun
guns and cannonsfirearms
Measure word · 门

Examples

  • 枪炮。
    Tā yǐ qián yòng guò qiāng pào.
    He has used guns and cannons before.
  • 枪炮。
    qiāng pào De shēng yīn hěn dà.
    The sound of guns and cannons is very loud.
  • 枪炮。
    Bó wù guǎn lǐ chén liè zhe hěn duō qiāng pào.
    Many guns and cannons are displayed in the museum.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

枪qiānggun
炮pàocannon

枪 (gun) and 炮 (cannon) are parallel weapons, together meaning guns and cannons.

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.

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 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
火火huǒ
Sound part声符shēngfú
包
包bāo炮pào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

炮 combines 火 and 包; 包 supplies the sound.

Open 炮 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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