枪管 (qiāngguǎn) · gun barrel

Measure Word

一根枪管 gēn

HSK 6

枪管还很烫，别碰！

Qiāngguǎn hái hěn tàng, bié pèng!

The barrel is still hot, don't touch it!

HSK 7-9

步枪的枪管比手枪长，所以射得更远也更准。

Bùqiāng de qiāngguǎn bǐ shǒuqiāng cháng, suǒyǐ shè de gèng yuǎn yě gèng zhǔn.

A rifle's barrel is longer than a pistol's, so it shoots farther and more accurately.

usage

枪管 is the usual modern word for a gun barrel; 枪筒 is older. The spiral grooves inside it are 膛线 (rifling), and a cannon's barrel is a 炮管.

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