煙槍

Chinese

		cigarette; tobacco; smoke	gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear
trad. (煙槍)		煙	槍
simp. (烟枪)		烟	枪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ coeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanciang
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: yān-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianchiang
    • Palladius: яньцян (janʹcjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ coeng¹
    • Yale: yīn chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 煙槍

1. opium pipe

   • 農會下命令繳煙槍，不敢稍違抗不繳。醴陵一個劣紳不繳煙槍，被捉去遊鄉。 [MSC, trad.]
     农会下命令缴烟枪，不敢稍违抗不缴。醴陵一个劣绅不缴烟枪，被捉去游乡。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nónghuì xià mìnglìng jiǎo yānqiāng, bùgǎn shāo wéikàng bù jiǎo. Lǐlíng yīge lièshēn bù jiǎo yānqiāng, bèi zhuō qù yóuxiāng. [Pinyin]

     When the peasant association orders the surrender of opium pipes, no one dares to raise the least objection. In Liling County one of the evil gentry who did not surrender his pipes was arrested and paraded through the villages.

2. (figuratively) opium addict
3. (figuratively, by extension) heavy smoker

Synonyms

• (opium pipe): (Min Nan) 烏薰吹／乌薰吹
• (opium addict, heavy smoker): 煙鬼／烟鬼 (yānguǐ)