Chinese symbol for “gunman”
枪手
qiāng shǒu
Traditional: 槍手
gunman; sharpshooter; sb who takes an exam for sb else; sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gunman is 枪手 (qiāng shǒu), defined as: gunman; sharpshooter; sb who takes an exam for sb else; sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gunman”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 火枪手 (火槍手) | huǒ qiāng shǒu | gunman; musketeer |
| 武装分子 (武裝分子) | wǔ zhuāng fèn zǐ | armed fighter; gunman |
| 枪匪 (槍匪) | qiāng fěi | bandits with guns; an armed criminal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枪手.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开枪 (開槍) | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
| 手枪 (手槍) | shǒu qiāng | pistol; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 步枪 (步槍) | bù qiāng | rifle; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 枝 (zhī) |
| 枪击 (槍擊) | qiāng jī | to shoot with a gun; shooting incident |
| 机枪 (機槍) | jī qiāng | machine gun |
| 枪杀 (槍殺) | qiāng shā | to shoot dead |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gunman”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.