槍桿子

Chinese

		gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear	shaft
trad. (槍桿子)		槍	桿子
simp. (枪杆子)		枪	杆子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānggǎnzi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ gon¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānggǎnzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianggǎnzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang¹-kan³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: chyāng-gǎn-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianggaan.tzy
  - Palladius: цянганьцзы (cjanganʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kän²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng¹ gon¹ zi²
  - Yale: chēung gōn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ gon¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ gon¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槍桿子

(literally) barrel of a gun
(figuratively) arms; armed forces
- 槍桿子裡面出政權 [MSC, trad.]
  枪杆子里面出政权 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1927, Mao Zedong
  qiānggǎnzi lǐmiàn chū zhèngquán [Pinyin]
  political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

See also

槍桿／枪杆 (qiānggǎn)

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