According to PLA equipment naming conventions, smalls arms equipment designations begin with 'Q', the initial pinyin letter for 'gun' (Chinese: ; pinyin: Qiāng). The second letter indicates a functional classification as shown below.

Note: J already machine gun, U for sniper

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Initial Translation Pinyin Simplified Traditional
First Letter
Q Gun Qiāng
Second Letter
B Rifle Bùqiāng 步枪 步槍
C Submachine gun Chōngfēngqiāng 冲锋枪 衝鋒槍
J Machine gun Jīqiāng 机枪 機槍
S Handgun Shǒuqiāng 手枪 手槍
T Assault Tújí 突击 突擊
Third Letter
C
G
S
U
Q Light Qīngxíng 轻型 輕型
W Suppressed Wēi shēng 微声 微聲
Y [General] Purpose Tōngyòng 通用 通用
Z Heavy Zhòng

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