pào

cannon; firecracker; variant of pào

HSK 5 #914

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 914th character
Radical ⽕ (86.5)
Strokes 9
Index # 1658

Definitions

炮 pào
  1. 1. cannon
  2. 2. firecracker
  3. 3. CL zuò
炮 bāo
  1. 1. to sauté
  2. 2. to fry
  3. 3. to dry by heating
炮 páo
  1. 1. to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

Stroke order

炮 stroke order diagram
炮 stroke order animation

Words containing 炮

Word Meaning
(slang) effeminate man; effeminate; sissy
artillery cluster bomb
artillery cluster bomb
(fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly
ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks); catapult
to interfere; to butt in; to make things difficult
to interfere; to butt in; to make things difficult
(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place
to talk big; to shoot one's mouth off
to set off firecrackers
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
howitzer
machine cannon; machine-gun cannon
machine cannon; machine-gun cannon
police station (Beijing slang)
police station (Beijing slang)
friend with benefits; fuck buddy
artillery shell
to bombard; to shell; bombardment
the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
firecracker