土槍

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear
trad. (土槍)		土	槍
simp. (土枪)		土	枪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄤ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔciang
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: tǔ-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuchiang
    • Palladius: туцян (tucjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

土槍

1. a homemade or improvised gun

   端起了土槍洋槍，揮舞著大刀長矛，保衛家鄉！ [MSC, trad.]
   端起了土枪洋枪，挥舞著大刀长矛，保卫家乡！ [MSC, simp.]

   From: Yellow River Cantata

   Duān qǐ le tǔqiāng yángqiāng, huīwǔ zhe dàdāo cháng máo, bǎowèi jiāxiāng! [Pinyin]

   [They] bear homemade and foreign guns, and brandish broadswords and spears, to protect their home!