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杆子

gǎn zi

2-character word Traditional 桿子

What 杆子 means

1. pole
2. stick
3. club
4. gang of bandits

Other readings

杆子 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gān zipole

The characters in 杆子

• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 枪杆子里面出政权。
  Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Words containing 杆子

• 枪杆子qiāng gǎn zigun barrel
• 笔杆子bǐ gǎn zipen; an effective writer
• 腰杆子yāo gǎn ziwaist; small of the back; (fig.) backing
• 二杆子èr gān zihot-tempered; rash; hot-tempered person
• 八杆子打不着bā gān zi dǎ bù zháovariant of 八竿子打不着