# 开枪 (kāiqiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开枪 (kāiqiāng) means “to open fire; to shoot a gun”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to open fire; to shoot a gun
- Pinyin: kāiqiāng (kai1 qiang1)
- Traditional: 開槍
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 警察向天空开枪示警。
  Jǐngchá xiàng tiānkōng kāiqiāng shìjǐng.
  The police fired a warning shot into the air.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [枪](https://hanziro.com/word/qiang-gun/) (qiāng): gun; firearm

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-qiang-open-fire/

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