左輪手槍

Chinese

		left	wheel; gear; (by) turn wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate	pistol; handgun
trad. (左輪手槍)		左	輪	手槍
simp. (左轮手枪)		左	轮	手枪
Literally: “left wheel handgun”.

Etymology

From the fact that the cylinder is usually designed to swing out to the left, as most people are right-handed and use the left hand to load the cylinder.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒ lún shǒuqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo² leon⁴ sau² coeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ lún shǒuqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ lún shǒuciang
    • Wade–Giles: tso³ lun² shou³-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: dzwǒ lwún shǒu-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo luen shoouchiang
    • Palladius: цзо лунь шоуцян (czo lunʹ šoucjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ən³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo² leon⁴ sau² coeng¹
    • Yale: jó lèuhn sáu chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo² loen⁴ sau² tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo² lên⁴ seo² cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵ lɵn²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

左輪手槍

1. (firearms) revolver

Synonyms

• (short form) 左輪／左轮 (zuǒlún)