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炮

砲
pào
HSK 6freq #5592

Meanings

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

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.large gun; cannon; artillery
  2. 2.firecracker
  3. 3.gun (Classifier: 支 c; 條／条 c; 轆／辘 c)
  4. 4.cannon: 🩥 (on the red side)
  5. 5.to talk big
  6. 6.ten (used as a measure)
  7. 7.to wrap hirsute meat with mud and roast it on fire
  8. 8.to roast; to burn
  9. 9.to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching
  10. 10.to quick-fry (meat); to sauté
  11. 11.to dry by heat

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pʰruːs, *bruː): semantic 火 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

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Stroke order

Components

炮火包

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Synonyms

銃槍槍械槍支鐵銃仔銃支鞭炮爆竹爆仗炮仗炮銃炮仗子火炮兒炮中連排炮上紙炮炮竹紙炮仔火炮百仗炮仔碰鰾鞭子爆竹子

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Derived terms

一炮而紅一炮而红亂放炮乱放炮信炮加農炮加农炮午炮反坦克炮吹大炮啞炮哑炮嘴炮土炮大炮娘炮小鋼炮小钢炮平射炮快炮打炮打炮戲打炮戏打隔山炮打頭炮打头炮排炮摔炮攻炮城放冷炮

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Related words

鞭炮 firecrackers大炮 big gun炮兵 artillery soldier礼炮 gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)开炮 to open fire水炮 water cannon炮舰 gunboat炮铜 gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)炮响 sound of gunfire炮炼 to parch and refine medicinal herbs炮火 artillery barrage炮烙 form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商纣王[Shāng Zhòu Wáng] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire