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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 开枪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
开枪 kāi qiāng - to open fire
- to shoot a gun

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 728 10,591 12,720

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
qiāng- surname Qiang
qiāng- gun
- firearm
- rifle
- spear
- thing with shape or function similar to a gun
- CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]
- to substitute for another person in a test
- to knock
- classifier for rifle shots
qiāng- variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]
- rifle
- spear

Other Words Containing 开枪

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
开枪 - 7 728 10,591 12,720