Chinese symbol for “loophole”
枪眼
qiāng yǎn
Traditional: 槍眼
loophole (for firing); embrasure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for loophole is 枪眼 (qiāng yǎn), defined as: loophole (for firing); embrasure.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “loophole”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
| 隙 | xì | crack; crevice |
| 空子 | kòng zi | gap; unoccupied space or time |
| 窟窿 | kū long | hole; pocket |
| 薄弱环节 (薄弱環節) | bó ruò huán jié | weak link; loophole |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 枪眼.
| 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 |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng) |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes; now |
See also: Japanese symbol for “loophole”.
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.