机关枪

機關槍

jīguānqiāng

noun #14,839

Measure Word

一挺机关枪 tǐng

Meanings

1 machine gun

Characters

mechanism; gate

Examples

士兵们架起了机关枪。

Shìbīngmen jiàqǐ le jīguānqiāng.

The soldiers set up the machine gun.

机关枪的射速非常快。

Jīguānqiāng de shèsù fēicháng kuài.

The rate of fire of a machine gun is very fast.

Tips

usage

More commonly abbreviated to 机枪 (jīqiāng) in everyday speech. 机关枪 is the full formal term.

Stroke Order

机 jī

关 guān

枪 qiāng