The Word 'Gunman' in Chinese

I don't speak Mandarin. My daughter doesn't either after taking it for two years in high school.

I, however, just finished a book, which story takes place in China, mostly around (Wu) Shanghai (Shanghainese.) The English/Pinyin translator I used is at <thepurelanguage.com>.

Just below the search result you used to translate, I found this:

<thechinesesymbol.com> which said this:

Pronunciation: shénqiāngshǒu
Syntactic Function:
Meaning:crack shot;sharp shooter

Which is fun because when you translate 'handgun' you get, Shǒuqiāng. Those crazy Chinese. I did this for six months, hours a day.


Liáng yùnqi! Good luck!

"Qiang shou" is correct if you just want 'shooter' or 'gunman'.

Sharp shooter, as Howard said, is "shenqiangshou" (literally, "deific / divine / excellent gun hand").

As far as I remember, "Qiang" originally referred to "spear" or a long-distance weapon. But I don't recall any more of the etymology off hand.