Chinese word dictionary

缴枪

jiǎo qiāng · to lay down one's arms; to surrender; to disarm

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Word information

Simplified缴枪

Traditional繳槍

Pinyinjiǎo qiāng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

缴jiǎo

to deliver, to submit, to hand over

枪qiāng

gun, rife; lance, spear

How to learn 缴枪

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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枪qiāng

gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots; surname Qiang; variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]; rifle; spear

缴jiǎo

to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize

缴纳jiǎonà

to pay (taxes etc)

枪毙qiāngbì

to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of

手枪shǒuqiāng

pistol; CL:把[ba3]