"炮" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 火勹巳
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Prononciation
Mandarin bāo; pào; páo
Entry Methods
Pinyin bao1; pao4; pao2
Kanji /
Cangjie
FPRU
火心口山
Sijiao 9781.2
Wubi OQNN
CNS 11643 1-5239
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+70AE
GB2312 C5DA
BIG5 ACB6
Results for 炮
 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating
 pào variant of 炮[pao4]
 páo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
Results beginning with 炮
 pào dàn artillery shell / CL:枚[mei2]
 pào hōng variant of 炮轟|炮轰[pao4 hong1]
 pào bīng artillery soldier / gunner
 pào huǒ artillery barrage / gunfire
 páo zhì to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
 pào tái fort / battery
 pào jī to shell / to bombard / bombardment
 pào tǎ gun turret
 pào huī cannon fodder
 pào shǒu gunner / artillery crew
 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle
 pào jiàn gunboat / gunship
 pào zhú firecracker
 pào zhang firecracker
 pào tǐng gunboat
 páo lào the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
 pào yǒu fuck buddy / friend with benefits
  ballistic protective blanket / ballistic blanket
  gun bore / bore
  breech block
 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
 pào jià gun carriage / carriage
 páo liàn to parch and refine medicinal herbs
 pào qiān a drill / a hammer drill for boring through rock / same as 釺子|钎子
 pào xiǎng sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events
 pào zhàn artillery bombardment / artillery battle
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  battery
  breech ring
 pào r jú police station (Beijing slang)
 pào tǐng jī gunship (aircraft)
 pào huǒ lián tiān cannon firing for days on end (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war
  fire base
  sabot
 pào jī bào gào shelling report
  artillery fire plan table
 pào wèi cè dìng léi dá artillery locating equipment
 pào wèi cè dìng shè bèi artillery locating equipment
Approximate Results for 炮
 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery
 biān pào firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:枚[mei2]
 kāi pào to open fire
 qiāng pào firearm
 zhòng pào heavy artillery
 lǐ pào gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate
 huā pào firecracker
 yě pào field artillery
 hào pào cannon used for signaling / signaling shot
 liàn pào Chain Gun
 niáng pào (slang) effeminate man / sissy / effeminate
 nǔ pào catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
 pái pào to fire a salvo / broadside / cannonade
 sān pào (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person
 shēng pào long-range acoustic device
 shuǐ pào water cannon
 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand / booty call
 zuǐ pào (Internet slang) to mouth off / to shoot one's mouth off / sb who does that
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 dī yīn pào subwoofer
 fàng biān pào to set off firecrackers
 pǎi jī pào mortar (weapon)
 huǒ jiàn pào rocket artillery
 biān pào shēng sound of firecrackers
 lián zhū pào barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
 liú dàn pào howitzer
 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun
 dì yī pào (fig.) opening shot
 jiā nóng pào cannon (loanword)
 mǎ hòu pào lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight
  airgun
 cí guǐ pào railgun
 dǎ héng pào to butt in / to interfere / to make things difficult
 dǎ yě pào (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place
 fàng dà pào to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
 fáng kōng pào anti-aircraft gun
 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
 gāo sù pào high-velocity gun
 hǔ dūn pào a short-barreled mortar / an ancient catapult
 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon
 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
 liè chē pào railway
 Lǐ pào Hào Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
 qū shè pào curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
 shuǐ pào chē water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特別用途車|人群管理特别用途车[ren2 qun2 guan3 li3 te4 bie2 yong4 tu2 che1]
 wǎ sī pào gas-gun / sleeve airgun / sleeve gun / sleeve exploder
 xiǎo gāng pào (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
 zhēng qì pào steam-gun / Vaporchoc
 rú fǎ páo zhì lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern
 yī pào dǎ xiǎng to win instant success (idiom) / to start off successfully
  anti-tank gun
 fàng mǎ hòu pào to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom) / to act too late to be effective
 niǎo qiāng huàn pào bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom) / equipment improved enormously
 zì xíng huǒ pào self-propelled artillery
  mortar bomb
  shuttle airgun / shuttle gun
  gun pit
  shell clearance
  Catapultas device
  flak
 cháng qiāng duǎn pào camera (jocular)
 chāo jí dài pào supergun
 Dà gū pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
 diū lún chě pào (idiom) flustered / confused
 Fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
 kōng zhōng pào jiàn gunship (aircraft)
 rán fàng biān pào to set off fire crackers
 sān huáng pào chuí Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art)
 shí cùn kǒu pào ten inch caliber cannon
线 táng xiàn pào guǎn rifled bore / rifled barrel
 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
 yī pào ér hóng to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit
 zǐ mǔ pào dàn artillery cluster bomb
  airgun array
  light air defence artillery
  removable breechblock
  counter-battery fire
  portable anti-aircraft gun
 bā èr sān pào zhàn bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
 Dà gū kǒu pào tái Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
 dà pào dǎ wén zi cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
 duō jí qīng qì pào multistage light gas gun
 pò jī pào pào huǒ mortar fire
 wú hòu zuò lì pào recoilless rifle
  fragmentation shell
  small calibre mortar
  heavy mortar section
  portable anti-tank gun
  armoured gun system
 fǎn pò jī pào léi dá mortar location radar
  portable jeep gun
  multiple-launch rocket system / multiple rocket launcher system
  counter rocket, artillery, and mortar
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