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): ㄑㄧㄤ ㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ gon¹ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānggǎnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤ ㄍㄢˇ ˙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): /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槍桿子

1. (literally) barrel of a gun
2. (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)