炮 pào
noun
large gun; cannon; artillery
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Military
Notes: (Unihan '砲')
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- 榴弹炮(榴彈炮) howitzer
- 花炮 firecracker
- 迫击炮(迫擊炮) mortar (weapon)
- 如法炮制(如法炮製) to follow the recipe; to follow a set pattern
- 燃放鞭炮 to set off fire crackers
- 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
- 炮艇机(炮艇機) gunship (aircraft)
- 娘炮 effeminate; sissy; effeminate
- 炮兵 artillery soldier; gunner
- 一炮打响(一炮打響) to win instant success; to start off successfully
- 鸟枪换炮(鳥槍換炮) bird shotgun replaced by cannon; equipment improved enormously
- 放马后炮(放馬後炮) to fire after the horse has bolted; to act too late to be effective
- 一炮而红(一炮而紅) to win instant success ; to become an instant hit
- 放空炮 to fire blank shots; to be all talk and no action; to shoot one's mouth off
- 第一炮 (fig.) opening shot
- 低音炮 subwoofer
- 机关炮(機關炮) machine cannon; machine-gun cannon
- 开炮(開砲) to open fire
- 炮塔 gun turret
- 野炮 field artillery
- 火箭炮 rocket artillery
- 重炮(重砲) heavy artillery
- 开门炮(開門炮) firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
- 连珠炮(連珠砲) in quick-fire succession
- 空中炮舰(空中砲艦) gunship (aircraft)
- 加农炮(加農炮) cannon
- 马后炮(馬後炮) firing after the horse ; firing after the horse; belated action; giving advice in hindsight
- 炮响(砲響) sound of gunfire; news of momentous events
- 炮耳 trunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
- 炮火 artillery fire
- 大炮打蚊子 cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- 弩炮(弩砲) catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
- 丢轮扯炮(丟輪扯砲) lose a wheel, tear at the gun; flustered and confused in a panic
- 大炮(大砲) artillery; cannon
- 炮轰(炮轟) to bombard; to bomb ; to bombard; to bomb
- 火炮(火砲) cannon; gun; artillery
- 炮手(砲手) gunner; artillery crew
- 炮炼(炮煉) to parch and refine medicinal herbs
- 高射炮 anti-aircraft gun
- 磁轨炮(磁軌砲) railgun
- 三皇炮捶 Paochui; Three Emperor Cannon Punch (Chinese Martial Art)
- 炮仗 firecracker
- 放大炮 to talk big; to shoot one's mouth off
- 鞭炮(鞭砲) firecracker
- 嘴炮 to mouth off
- 糖衣炮弹(糖衣炮彈) sugar-coated bullets
- 打炮 to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; to have sex
- 炮台(砲臺) fort; battery
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 炮架 (炮架) 焚其炮架五 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二十三 本紀第二十三 欽宗 Volume 23 Annals 23: Qinzong — count: 4
- 鸣炮 (鳴炮) 吹角鳴炮 — History of Ming 明史, 卷一百四十四 列傳第三十二 盛庸 平安 何福 顧成 Volume 144 Biographies 32: Cheng Yong, Ping An, He Fu, Gu Cheng — 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
- 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
- 中炮 (中炮) 孝忠中炮 — 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