开枪 meaning in English

kāi qiāng

to open fire; to shoot a gun

HSK 7-9Traditional 開槍12 strokes

Meaning of 开枪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiqiāng
  1. to open fire
  2. to shoot a gun

开枪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

请qǐng不bú要yào开kāi枪qiāng!
Please don't shoot.
我wǒ没méi想xiǎng向xiàng汤tāng姆mǔ开kāi枪qiāng的de。
I didn't mean to shoot Tom.
汤tāng姆mǔ没méi想xiǎng向xiàng谁shuí开kāi枪qiāng。
Tom didn't mean to shoot anyone.
他tā害hài怕pà你nǐ会huì开kāi枪qiāng打dǎ他tā。
He was scared you would shoot him.
停tíng止zhǐ,不bù然rán我wǒ就jiù开kāi枪qiāng了le。
Stop, or I'll shoot.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

枪 qiāng · gun · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 开枪.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开枪

What does 开枪 mean?

开枪 (kāi qiāng) means "to open fire; to shoot a gun".

How do you write 开枪?

开枪 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 枪 (8 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 开枪 an HSK word?

Yes. 开枪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开枪 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开枪 is written 開槍.