双节棍

雙節棍
shuāngjiégùn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 nunchaku
  2. 2 nunchucks (martial arts weapon of two sticks joined by chain or rope)

Examples

Lǐ Xiǎolóng bǎ shuāngjiégùn dài dào le guójì yínmù shàng.
Bruce Lee brought nunchaku to the international silver screen.
Tā liànle sān nián shuāngjiégùn, yǐjīng shuǎ de hěn shúliàn le.
He's been practicing nunchaku for three years and can already wield them very skillfully.

Tips

memory
Literally 'double-section stick' — (double) + (section/joint) + (stick). Two sticks joined by a 'joint' (the chain). Visualize the name and you've described the weapon.

In Pop Culture

Shuāngjiégùn
'Nunchucks'
Iconic 2001 Jay Chou (周杰伦) hit; the song's hard-rock intro and the line 哼哼哈兮 (hēng hēng hā xī) became an instantly recognizable cultural touchstone for a whole generation. (Note: the song title uses the 截 variant spelling.)

Stroke Order

shuāng
jié
gùn