开枪

開槍
kāiqiāng
verb HSK 7 #728

Meanings

  1. 1 to fire a gun; to shoot

Characters

Literally 'operate a gun.' Chinese uses for activating devices — (turn on light), 开车 (drive a car), 开枪 (fire a gun).

Examples

Jǐngchá xiàng kōngzhōng kāiqiāng shìjǐng.
The police fired a warning shot into the air.
Bùxǔ kāiqiāng!
Don't shoot!

Tips

grammar
is incredibly versatile as a verb meaning 'to operate/activate.' 开车 (drive), (turn on light), 开门 (open door), 开会 (hold a meeting), 开刀 (perform surgery), 开枪 (fire a gun) — all use the same .

Stroke Order

kāi
qiāng