炮 pào
noun
large gun; cannon; artillery
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Military
Notes: (Unihan '砲')
Contained in
- 炮火 artillery fire
- 虎蹲炮(虎蹲砲) a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult
- 炮击(炮擊) to shell; to bombard; bombardment ; to shell; to bombard
- 机关炮(機關炮) machine cannon; machine-gun cannon
- 礼炮(禮炮) gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute); salvo
- 空中炮舰(空中砲艦) gunship (aircraft)
- 一炮而红(一炮而紅) to win instant success ; to become an instant hit
- 鸟枪换炮(鳥槍換炮) bird shotgun replaced by cannon; equipment improved enormously
- 高射炮 anti-aircraft gun
- 燃放鞭炮 to set off fire crackers
- 丢轮扯炮(丟輪扯砲) lose a wheel, tear at the gun; flustered and confused in a panic
- 火炮(火砲) cannon; gun; artillery
- 炮响(砲響) sound of gunfire; news of momentous events
- 连珠炮(連珠砲) in quick-fire succession
- 曲射炮(曲射砲) curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
- 炮制(炮製) to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing
- 加农炮(加農炮) cannon
- 三皇炮捶 Paochui; Three Emperor Cannon Punch (Chinese Martial Art)
- 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
- 炸炮 a mortar
- 大炮打蚊子 cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- 低音炮 subwoofer
- 炮艇机(炮艇機) gunship (aircraft)
- 炮弹(炮彈) artillery shell
- 野炮 field artillery
- 榴弹炮(榴彈炮) howitzer
- 迫击炮(迫擊炮) mortar (weapon)
- 号炮(號砲) cannon used for signaling; signaling shot
- 糖衣炮弹(糖衣炮彈) sugar-coated bullets
- 放鞭炮 to set off firecrackers
- 船坚炮利(船堅炮利) strong boats and accurate canons
- 马后炮(馬後炮) firing after the horse
- 约炮(約炮) to hook up for a one night stand
- 小钢炮(小鋼砲) piece of light artillery such as a mortar; person who speaks boldly and frankly; hot hatch (car)
- 打横炮(打橫炮) to butt in; to interfere; to make things difficult
- 炮钎(炮釺) a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock
- 打野炮 to have sex outdoors or in a public place
- 打炮 to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; to have sex
- 磁轨炮(磁軌砲) railgun
- 娘炮 effeminate; sissy; effeminate
- 第一炮 (fig.) opening shot
- 炮舰(炮艦) gunship
- 炮灰 cannon fodder
- 炮艇(砲艇) gunboat
- 嘴炮 to mouth off
- 弩炮(弩砲) catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
- 花炮 firecracker
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- 第五十五回 Chapter 55 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
- 第一百九回 Chapter 109 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10
- 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
- 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
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- 第四十二回 Chapter 42 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 6
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 5
Collocations
- 炮格 (炮格) 有炮格之法 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 9
- 回回炮 (回回炮) 因降式製回回炮 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 — count: 5
- 炮犧 (炮犧) 炮犧 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar — count: 5
- 飞炮 (飛炮) 雲梯飛炮 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷七十 唐書46: 列傳22 元行欽 夏魯奇 姚洪 李嚴 李仁矩 康思立 張敬達 Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22 - Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda — count: 5
- 阅炮 (閱炮) 閱炮飛山營 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二十三 本紀第二十三 欽宗 Volume 23 Annals 23: Qinzong — count: 4
- 炮石 (炮石) 炮石雖百鈞無所施矣 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百九十七 志第一百五十 兵十一 Volume 197 Treatises 150: Military 11 — count: 4
- 车炮 (車炮) 繼而進呈車炮 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 — count: 4
- 举炮 (舉炮) 乃舉炮鼓噪發舟 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百五十 列傳第二百〇九 忠義五 陳元桂 張順張貴 范天順 牛富 邊居誼 陳炤王安節 尹玉 李芾 尹穀楊霆 趙卯發 唐震 趙與檡趙孟錦 趙淮 Volume 450 Biographies 209: Loyalty and Righteousness 5 - Chen Yuangui, Zhangshun Zhanggui, Fan Tianshun, Niu Fu, Bian Juyi, Wan Ganjie of Chenzhao, Yin Yu, Li Fei, Yingu Yangting, Zhao Maofa, Tang Zhen, Zhao Yushi Zhao Mengjin, Zhao Huai — count: 4
- 造炮 (造炮) 不造炮格 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷25 志第20 刑法 Volume 25 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 4
- 炮场 (炮場) 幸安肅門炮場閱習戰 — History of Song 宋史, 卷十 本紀第十 仁宗二 Volume 10 Annals 10: Renzong 2 — count: 4