砲 pào báo pū

gun, cannon

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DEFINITIONS

砲 pào
  • cannon
  • CL:座[zuo4]
  • firecracker
  • variant of 炮[pao4]

WORDS

丟輪扯砲 diū lún chě pào lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
八二三砲戰 bā èr sān pào zhàn bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
大沽口砲臺 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)
大沽砲臺 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)
大砲 dà pào big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
小鋼砲 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)
弩砲 nǔ pào catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
曲射砲 qū shè pào curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
槍砲 qiāng pào firearm
火砲 huǒ pào cannon; gun; artillery
砲手 pào shǒu gunner; artillery crew
砲擊 pào jī to shell; to bombard; bombardment
砲火連天 pào huǒ lián tiān cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
砲臺 pào tái fort; battery
砲艇 pào tǐng gunboat
砲艦 pào jiàn gunship; gunboat
砲轟 pào hōng to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast; trad. also written 炮轟
砲響 pào xiǎng sound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events
磁軌砲 cí guǐ pào railgun
空中砲艦 kōng zhōng pào jiàn gunship (aircraft)
虎蹲砲 hǔ dūn pào a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult
號砲 hào pào cannon used for signaling; signaling shot
連珠砲 lián zhū pào barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery
開砲 kāi pào to open fire
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