槍桿子

Chinese

		gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear
trad. (槍桿子)		槍	桿子
simp. (枪杆子)		枪	杆子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānggǎnzi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹ gon¹ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānggǎnzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤㄍㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianggaan.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kän²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng¹ gon¹ zi²
  - Yale: chēung gōn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹ gon¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹ gon¹ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

槍桿子

barrel of a gun; (figuratively) arms; armed forces
槍桿子裡面出政權 [MSC, trad.]
枪杆子里面出政权 [MSC, simp.]
qiānggǎnzi lǐmiàn chū zhèngquán [Pinyin]
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

See also

槍桿／枪杆 (qiānggǎn)

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