煙槍
Chinese
| cigarette; tobacco; smoke | gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (煙槍/菸槍) | 煙/菸 | 槍 | |
| simp. (烟枪) | 烟 | 枪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yānqiāng
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yanciang
- Wade–Giles: yen1-chʻiang1
- Yale: yān-chyāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianchiang
- Palladius: яньцян (janʹcjan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jin1 coeng1
- Yale: yīn chēung
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin1 tsoeng1
- Guangdong Romanization: yin1 cêng1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
煙槍
- opium pipe
- 農會下命令繳煙槍，不敢稍違抗不繳。醴陵一個劣紳不繳煙槍，被捉去遊鄉。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Nónghuì xià mìnglìng jiǎo yānqiāng, bùgǎn shāo wéikàng bù jiǎo. Lǐlíng yīge lièshēn bù jiǎo yānqiāng, bèi zhuō qù yóuxiāng. [Pinyin]
- When the peasant association orders the surrender of opium pipes, no one dares to raise the least objection. In Liling County one of the evil gentry who did not surrender his pipes was arrested and paraded through the villages.
农会下命令缴烟枪，不敢稍违抗不缴。醴陵一个劣绅不缴烟枪，被捉去游乡。 [MSC, simp.]
- bong (vessel used in smoking various substances)
- (figuratively) opium addict
- (figuratively, by extension) heavy smoker
Synonyms
- (opium pipe):
Dialectal synonyms of 煙槍 (“opium pipe”) [map]
- (opium addict):
Dialectal synonyms of 鴉片鬼 (“opium addict”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴉片鬼, 煙鬼 | |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 煙鬼 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大煙鬼兒, 煙鬼兒 |
| Xuzhou | 煙槍 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 煙鬼子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 煙精, 煙鏟, 煙槓, 道友, 大粒煙 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 洋煙鬼 dated |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴉片煙腳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 洋煙鬼 |
| Xinzhou | 洋煙鬼 dated | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴉片鬼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 |
| Quanzhou | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Zhangzhou | 烏薰仙, 烏薰鬼, 鴉片仙, 鴉片鬼 | |
| Tainan | 鴉片仙, 鴉片猴 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 鴉片仙 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 烏薰仙, 鴉片仙 | |
| Shantou | 鴉片薰鬼 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 |
| Xianyou | 鴉片鬼, 鴉片生 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴉片佬, 鴉片鬼 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鴉片煙鬼 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 大煙鬼 | |
| Suzhou | 鴉片煙鬼 | |
| Danyang | 煙鬼 dated | |
| Hangzhou | 烏煙鬼兒, 鴉片鬼兒 | |
| Ningbo | 鴉片鬼 | |
| Wenzhou | 烏煙鬼 | |
- (heavy smoker):
Dialectal synonyms of 煙鬼 (“heavy smoker”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 煙鬼 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 煙鬼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 煙鬼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 煙槍, 老煙槍, 老煙鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老煙槓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 煙鬼子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 煙鏟 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 薰蟲 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 薰鬼 |
| Xianyou | 薰鬼 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 煙鬼, 煙槓 |
| Wu | Danyang | 煙鬼 |