pào

large gun, cannon; artillery

HSK 5 #914

DEFINITIONS

炮 pào
  • cannon
  • CL:座[zuo4]
  • firecracker
  • variant of 炮[pao4]
炮 bāo
  • to sauté
  • to fry
  • to dry by heating
炮 páo
  • to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

STROKES

WORDS

耳 pào ěr trunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
艇机 pào tǐng jī gunship (aircraft)
艇機 pào tǐng jī gunship (aircraft)
艦 pào jiàn gunship; gunboat
製 páo zhì to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
轟 pào hōng to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast; trad. also written 炮轟
钎 pào qiān a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 釺子|钎子
釺 pào qiān a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 釺子|钎子
无后坐力 wú hòu zuò lì pào recoilless rifle
無後坐力 wú hòu zuò lì pào recoilless rifle
燃放鞭 rán fàng biān pào to set off fire crackers
火连天 pào huǒ lián tiān cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
响 pào xiǎng sound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events
磁轨 cí guǐ pào railgun
lǐ pào gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute); salvo
号 lǐ pào hào Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
號 lǐ pào hào Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
空中舰 kōng zhōng pào jiàn gunship (aircraft)
第一 dì yī pào (fig.) opening shot
糖衣彈 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call
yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand; booty call
huā pào firecracker
虎蹲 hǔ dūn pào a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult
hào pào cannon used for signaling; signaling shot