大 炮 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] 火 炮 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery 加 农 炮 jiā nóng pào cannon (loanword) 加 农 jiā nóng cannon (loanword) 炮 灰 pào huī cannon fodder 水 枪 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 鸟 枪 换 炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom) / equipment improved enormously 炮 火 连 天 pào huǒ lián tiān cannon firing for days on end (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war 礮 pào ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon 三 皇 炮 捶 sān huáng pào chuí Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art) 佛 朗 机 炮 Fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era 佛 朗 机 砲 fó lǎng jī pào Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era / also written 佛朗機炮|佛朗机炮 佛 朗 机 铳 Fó lǎng jī chòng Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era 十 吋 口 炮 shí cùn kǒu pào ten inch caliber cannon 大 炮 打 蚊 子 dà pào dǎ wén zi cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 机 关 炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon 炮 耳 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot 砲 耳 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot / also written 炮耳 号 炮 hào pào cannon used for signaling / signaling shot 号 礮 hào pào signaling cannon fire 水 炮 shuǐ pào water cannon 人 群 管 理 特 别 用 途 车 rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shui3 pao4 che1] 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]