請槍

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	gun; firearm; rifle gun; firearm; rifle; spear
trad. (請槍/請鎗)		請	槍/鎗
simp. (请枪)		请	枪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngqiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² coeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngqiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄑㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngciang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-chʻiang¹
    • Yale: chǐng-chyāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingchiang
    • Palladius: цинцян (cincjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² coeng¹
    • Yale: chéng chēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² tsoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² cêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

請⫽槍 (verb-object)

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to hire a ghostwriter or to hire someone to take one's exam
   • 2023 April 9, “ChatGPT 入校園 拒絕還是擁抱？”, in 香港商報 [Hong Kong Commercial Daily]‎^[1], page A1:

     ChatGPT引起學界「AI請槍」疑慮，到底應該「一刀切」拒絕，還是「擁抱科技」，也是本港學界的討論重點之一。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     ChatGPT引起学界「AI请枪」疑虑，到底应该「一刀切」拒绝，还是「拥抱科技」，也是本港学界的讨论重点之一。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ChatGPT jan⁵ hei² hok⁶ gaai³ “AI ceng² coeng¹” ji⁴ leoi⁶, dou³ dai² jing¹ goi¹ “jat¹ dou¹ cit³” keoi⁵ zyut⁶, waan⁴ si⁶ “jung² pou⁵ fo¹ gei⁶”, jaa⁵ si⁶ bun² gong² hok⁶ gaai³ dik¹ tou² leon⁶ zung⁶ dim² zi¹ jat¹. [Jyutping]

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Related terms

• 槍手／枪手 (qiāngshǒu)