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

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

(firearms) revolver

Synonyms

(short form) 左輪／左轮 (zuǒlún)

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