Chinese symbol for “rifle”
步枪
bù qiāng
Traditional: 步槍
rifle; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 枝 (zhī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rifle is 步枪 (bù qiāng), defined as: rifle; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 枝 (zhī).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rifle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来复枪 (來復槍) | lái fù qiāng | rifle (loanword); also written 來福槍|来福枪 |
| 来福枪 (來福槍) | lái fú qiāng | rifle (loanword); also written 來復槍|来复枪 |
| 钢枪 (鋼槍) | gāng qiāng | rifle |
| 枪 (槍) | qiāng | gun; firearm |
| 枪 (鎗) | qiāng | variant of 枪 (qiāng); rifle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 步枪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 同步 | tóng bù | synchronous; to synchronize |
| 初步 | chū bù | initial; preliminary |
| 步骤 (步驟) | bù zhòu | procedure; step |
| 开枪 (開槍) | kāi qiāng | to open fire; to shoot a gun |
| 手枪 (手槍) | shǒu qiāng | pistol; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rifle”.
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.