請槍

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); 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

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)

(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)