射手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
射	手

Noun

射手 (hiragana しゃしゅ, romaji shashu)

1. an archer, a bowman
2. a shooter, a marksman, a sniper, a gunman

Derived terms

• 魔弾の射手 (まだんのしゃしゅ, madan no shashu), the Japanese name for the German opera "Der Freischütz". Literally meaning "the shooter of the magic bullets".

---

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
射手

Noun

射手 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shèshǒu)

1. (occupation) a professional shooter, such as a marksperson or archer
2. (sports) a player in a ball sport such as football or soccer who is good at shooting scores