射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead syn 热风枪 熱風槍 rè fēng qiāng heat gun 滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 蒸汽 zhēng qì steam syn 热气 熱氣 rè qì steam / heat / CL:股[gu3] syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 火炮 火砲 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery syn 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 枪口 槍口 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun 枪支 槍支 qiāng zhī a gun / guns in general syn 持枪 持槍 chí qiāng to carry a gun syn 蒸气 蒸氣 zhēng qì vapor / steam syn 枪战 槍戰 qiāng zhàn gun battle / firefight 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 水气 水氣 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 冲锋枪 衝鋒槍 chōng fēng qiāng submachine gun 枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun / shooting incident syn 鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn 扳机 扳機 bān jī (gun) trigger 回笼 回籠 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation syn 吐气 吐氣 tǔ qì to exhale / to blow off steam / (phonetics) aspirated 猎枪 獵槍 liè qiāng hunting gun / shotgun 喷气 噴氣 pēn qì to spurt steam (or air etc) syn 水汽 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam / moisture syn 汽缸 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) 炮塔 pào tǎ gun turret 汽轮机 汽輪機 qì lún jī steam turbine syn 枪管 槍管 qiāng guǎn gun barrel 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 喷枪 噴槍 pēn qiāng spray gun 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 熏蒸 燻蒸 xūn zhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling / (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs / to fumigate syn 礼炮 禮炮 lǐ pào gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo 汽笛 qì dí steam whistle / ship horn 枪托 槍托 qiāng tuō butt of a gun / stock 炮口 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 蒸汽机 蒸汽機 zhēng qì jī steam engine syn 装弹 裝彈 zhuāng dàn to charge (ammunition into gun) / to load 反冲 反衝 fǎn chōng recoil (of a gun) / to bounce back / backlash 打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn 枪机 槍機 qiāng jī bolt of gun 玩具枪 玩具槍 wán jù qiāng toy gun 上膛 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load a gun syn 枪杆 槍桿 qiāng gǎn gun barrel syn 轻机枪 輕機槍 qīng jī qiāng light machine gun 枪杆子 槍桿子 qiāng gǎn zi gun barrel syn 抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start 司炉 司爐 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) syn 照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn 枪膛 槍膛 qiāng táng bore of a gun 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 气枪 氣槍 qì qiāng an air gun 鸟枪 鳥槍 niǎo qiāng flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun 电子枪 電子槍 diàn zǐ qiāng electron beam gun / electron gun 汽轮发电机 汽輪發電機 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator 液态水 液態水 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice) 表尺 biǎo chǐ rear sight (of a gun) syn 汽 qì steam / vapor syn 棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn 馏 餾 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it syn 衮 袞 gǔn imperial robe 鲧 鯀 gǔn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3] 绲 緄 gǔn cord / embroidered sash / to sew 铳 銃 chòng ancient firearm / gun 辊 輥 gǔn roller 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 鯀 gǔn variant of 鮌|鲧 / Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹 重机关枪 重機關槍 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun 后坐 後坐 hòu zuò recoil (of a gun) / backlash syn 后坐力 後坐力 hòu zuò lì recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force syn 膛线 膛線 táng xiàn rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun) 枪栓 槍栓 qiāng shuān gun bolt 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 加特林 jiā tè lín Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun 枪法型核武器 槍法型核武器 gun-type nuclear weapon / gun-type weapon / gun assembly type weapon 射钉枪 射釘槍 shè dīng qiāng nail gun / stud gun 等离子体枪 plasma spray gun / plasma gun PK机枪 pkjī qiāng PK machine gun / PKM machine gun 电子束枪 電子束槍 electron beam gun / electron gun 瓦斯炮 wǎ sī pào gas-gun / sleeve airgun / sleeve gun / sleeve exploder GI 枪 GI 槍 generator-injector gun / GI gun 打胶枪 打膠槍 dǎ jiāo qiāng sealant gun / glue gun 布伦轻机枪 布倫輕機槍 bù lún qīng jī qiāng Bren gun, British light machine gun first produced in 1937 偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release 歊 xiāo vapor / steam 伴热 伴熱 bàn rè electric heat tracing / steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc) 水汀 shuǐ tīng steam (Shanghainese) 汽阀 汽閥 qì fá steam valve 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 蒸气重整 蒸氣重整 zhēng qì chóng zhěng steam reforming (chemistry) 蒸汽机车 蒸汽機車 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive 