"To explode" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 爆炸 | bào zhà | explosion / to explode / to blow up / to detonate |   |
| 爆发 | bào fā | to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out | |
| 爆裂 | bào liè | to rupture / to burst / to explode | |
| 自爆 | zì bào | to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself | |
| 起爆 | qǐ bào | to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate | |
| 炸 |  zhà | to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter | |
| 炟 | dá | (used in transliterating foreign words) / (used in names) / (archaic) to explode / to catch fire | |
| 炸膛 | zhà táng | (of a gun) to explode / to blow up | |
| 炸裂 | zhà liè | to burst / to explode / to rupture | |
