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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 水枪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
水枪 shuǐ qiāng - water pistol (toy)
- water gun
- sprinkler
- water cannon

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
- - 22,362 30,126 39,982

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
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 水枪

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
水枪 - - 22,362 30,126 39,982