| 低音炮 | dī yīn pào | subwoofer |  |
| 放鞭炮 | fàng biān pào | to set off firecrackers |  |
| 迫击炮 | pǎi jī pào | mortar (weapon) / Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4] |  |
| 火箭炮 | huǒ jiàn pào | rocket artillery |  |
| 鞭炮声 | biān pào shēng | sound of firecrackers |  |
| 连珠炮 | lián zhū pào | barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech) |  |
| 榴弹炮 | liú dàn pào | howitzer |  |
| 高射炮 | gāo shè pào | anti-aircraft gun |  |
| 第一炮 | dì yī pào | (fig.) opening shot |  |
| 加农炮 | jiā nóng pào | cannon (loanword) |  |
| 马后炮 | mǎ hòu pào | lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight |  |
| 空气炮 | | airgun |  |
| 磁轨炮 | cí guǐ pào | railgun |  |
| 打横炮 | dǎ héng pào | to butt in / to interfere / to make things difficult |  |
| 打野炮 | dǎ yě pào | (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 |  |
| 防空炮 | fáng kōng pào | anti-aircraft gun |  |
| 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 |  |
| 分手炮 | fēn shǒu pào | (slang) breakup sex |  |
| 高速炮 | gāo sù pào | high-velocity gun |  |
| 虎蹲炮 | hǔ dūn pào | a short-barreled mortar / an ancient catapult |  |
| 机关炮 | jī guān pào | machine cannon / machine-gun cannon |  |
| 开门炮 | kāi mén pào | firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition) |  |
| 列车炮 | liè chē pào | railway |  |
| 礼炮号 | Lǐ pào Hào | Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series |  |
| 曲射炮 | qū shè pào | curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc) |  |
| 水炮车 | 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] |  |
| 瓦斯炮 | wǎ sī pào | gas-gun / sleeve airgun / sleeve gun / sleeve exploder |  |
| 小钢炮 | 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) |  |
| 蒸汽炮 | zhēng qì pào | steam-gun / Vaporchoc |  |
| 如法炮制 | rú fǎ páo zhì | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern |  |
| 一炮打响 | yī pào dǎ xiǎng | to win instant success (idiom) / to start off successfully |  |
| 反坦克炮 | | anti-tank gun |  |
| 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 |  |
| 自行火炮 | zì xíng huǒ pào | self-propelled artillery |  |
| 迫击炮弹 | | mortar bomb |  |
| 活塞汽炮 | | shuttle airgun / shuttle gun |  |
| 火炮掩体 | | gun pit |  |
| 排除炮弹 | | shell clearance |  |
| 弩炮装置 | | Catapultas device |  |
| 高射炮火 | | flak |  |
| 长枪短炮 | cháng qiāng duǎn pào | camera (jocular) |  |
| 超级大炮 | chāo jí dài pào | supergun |  |
| 大沽炮台 | 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) |  |
| 丢轮扯炮 | diū lún chě pào | (idiom) flustered / confused |  |
| 佛朗机炮 | Fó lǎng jī pào | Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era |  |
| 空中炮舰 | kōng zhōng pào jiàn | gunship (aircraft) |  |
| 燃放鞭炮 | rán fàng biān pào | to set off fire crackers |  |
| 三皇炮捶 | sān huáng pào chuí | Pao Chui (Chinese martial art) |  |
| 十吋口炮 | shí cùn kǒu pào | ten inch caliber cannon |  |
| 膛线炮管 | táng xiàn pào guǎn | rifled bore / rifled barrel |  |
| 糖衣炮弹 | táng yī pào dàn | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences |  |
| 一炮打响 | yī pào - dǎ xiǎng | (idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot / to achieve success at one's first try |  |
| 一炮而红 | yī pào ér hóng | to win instant success (idiom) / to become an instant hit |  |
| 子母炮弹 | zǐ mǔ pào dàn | artillery cluster bomb |  |
| 空气炮阵列 | | airgun array |  |
| 轻型高射炮 | | light air defence artillery |  |
| 可拆装炮闩 | | removable breechblock |  |
| 反炮兵火力 | | counter-battery fire |  |
| 轻型防空炮 | | portable anti-aircraft gun |  |
| 八二三炮战 | bā èr sān pào zhàn | bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis |  |
| 大沽口炮台 | 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) |  |
| 大炮打蚊子 | dà pào dǎ wén zi | cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut |  |
| 多级轻气炮 | duō jí qīng qì pào | multistage light gas gun |  |
| 迫击炮炮火 | pò jī pào pào huǒ | mortar fire |  |
| 无后坐力炮 | wú hòu zuò lì pào | recoilless rifle |  |
| 破片杀伤炮弹 | | fragmentation shell |  |
| 小口径迫击炮 | | small calibre mortar |  |
| 重迫击炮分排 | | heavy mortar section |  |
| 轻型反坦克炮 | | portable anti-tank gun |  |
| 装甲火炮系统 | | armoured gun system |  |
| 反迫击炮雷达 | fǎn pò jī pào léi dá | mortar location radar |  |
| 吉普车载可携炮 | | portable jeep gun |  |
| 多管火箭炮系统 | | multiple-launch rocket system / multiple rocket launcher system |  |
| 反火箭炮、火炮与迫击炮系统 | | counter rocket, artillery, and mortar |  |