炮 - pào - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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炮

pào

Definition

cannon
firecracker

Other pronunciations

炮	bāo	to sauté to fry to dry by heating
炮	páo	to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

Character Decomposition

Related words (54)

炮兵

pào bīng

artillery soldier; gunner

炮击

pào jī

to shell; to bombard; bombardment

炮友

pào yǒu

fuck buddy; friend with benefits

fort; battery

sound of gunfire; (fig.) news of momentous events

gun turret

artillery shell

gunner; artillery crew

炮火

pào huǒ

artillery barrage; gunfire

cannon fodder

trunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot

gunship; gunboat

gunboat

to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast; trad. also written 炮轟

炮钎

pào qiān

a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 釺子|钎子

炮儿局

pào r jú

police station (Beijing slang)

号炮

hào pào

signaling cannon fire

大炮

dà pào

big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used

娘炮

niáng pào

(slang) effeminate man; sissy; effeminate

to open fire

catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

打炮

dǎ pào

to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate

排炮

pái pào

to fire a salvo; broadside; cannonade

firearm

cannon; gun; artillery

礼炮

lǐ pào

gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute); salvo

约炮

yuē pào

(slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call

firecracker

heavy artillery

field artillery

firecracker; string of small firecrackers

subwoofer

cannon (loanword)

firecrackers to open the door on the New Year

speak unwarrantedly

(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place

放大炮

fàng dà pào

to talk big; to shoot one's mouth off

放空炮

fàng kōng pào

(lit.) to fire blank shots; (fig.) to be all talk and no action; to shoot one's mouth off; to make empty promises

放鞭炮

fàng biān pào

to set off firecrackers; to light firecrackers

机关炮

jī guān pào

machine cannon; machine-gun cannon

howitzer

rocket artillery

(fig.) opening shot

a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult

连珠炮

lián zhū pào

in quick-fire succession

mortar (weapon)

(lit.) firing after the horse; (fig.) belated action; giving advice in hindsight

anti-aircraft gun

artillery cluster bomb

燃放鞭炮

rán fàng biān pào

to set off fire crackers

helicopter gunship

camera (jocular)

bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis

大炮打蚊子

dà pào dǎ wén zi

cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Idioms (6)

炮火连天

pào huǒ lián tiān

cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

一炮打响

yī pào dǎ xiǎng

to win instant success (idiom); to start off successfully

一炮而红

yī pào ér hóng

to win instant success (idiom); to become an instant hit

丢轮扯炮

diū lún chě pào

lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic

放马后炮

fàng mǎ hòu pào

to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective

鸟枪换炮

niǎo qiāng huàn pào

bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

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