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炮

pào

HSK 5 Character Measure word 座

What 炮 means

1. cannon
2. firecracker

Other readings

炮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bāoto sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
• páoto prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
• pàovariant of {炮|pào}

Example sentences

• 爱迪生发明了电灯炮。
  àidíshēng fāmíng le diàndēng bāo.
  Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
• 我们一直是很好的炮友。
  Wǒmen yīzhí shì hěn hǎo de pàoyǒu.
  We were always very good fuck buddies.
• 我不是想要老婆，我想找个炮友而已。
  Wǒ bù shì xiǎngyào lǎopó, wǒ xiǎng zhǎo gè pàoyǒu éryǐ.
  It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.
• 最后我成功和那个女孩成为了炮友关系。
  In the end, I did manage to become friends with benefits with that girl.
• 事情已经定下来了，我们再怎幺努力也无济于事了，一切都是马后炮了。
  The matter can't be changed. No matter how hard we try, everything is fruitless.
• 人们很容易将能源和电力小组委员会的大多数成员描述为笨蛋。他们散布石油和煤炭公司炮制的虚假信息，以最大限度地减少全球气候变迁的重要性，被称为科学文盲。
  One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Words starting with 炮

• 炮弹pào dànartillery shell
• 炮火pào huǒartillery barrage; gunfire
• 炮制páo zhìto concoct; to invent; to fabricate
• 炮轰pào hōngto bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize
• 炮兵pào bīngartillery soldier; gunner
• 炮台pào táifort; battery
• 炮击pào jīto shell; to bombard; bombardment
• 炮友pào yǒufuck buddy; friend with benefits
• 炮塔pào tǎgun turret
• 炮战pào zhànartillery bombardment; artillery battle
• 炮决pào juéto execute sb by cannon
• 炮灰pào huīcannon fodder
• 炮炼páo liànto parch and refine medicinal herbs
• 炮耳pào ěrtrunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
• 炮手pào shǒugunner; artillery crew
• 炮舰pào jiàngunboat; gunship
• 炮响pào xiǎngsound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events
• 炮儿局pào r júpolice station (Beijing slang)
• 炮火连天pào huǒ lián tiāncannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
• 炮铜pào tónggunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)
• 炮铜色pào tóng sègunmetal gray
• 炮艇pào tǐnggunboat
• 炮艇机pào tǐng jīgunship (aircraft)
• 炮弹坑pào dàn kēngshell crater; shell hole

Words containing 炮

• 鞭炮biān pàofirecrackers; string of small firecrackers
• 大炮dà pàobig gun; cannon; artillery
• 火炮huǒ pàocannon; gun; artillery
• 枪炮qiāng pàofirearm
• 开炮kāi pàoto open fire
• 迫击炮pǎi jī pàomortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. pò jí pào
• 如法炮制rú fǎ páo zhìlit. to follow the recipe (idiom); fig. to follow a set pattern
• 连珠炮lián zhū pàobarrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
• 高射炮gāo shè pàoanti-aircraft gun
• 嘴炮zuǐ pào(net slang) to mouth off; to shoot one's mouth off; sb who does that
• 娘炮niáng pào(slang) effeminate man; sissy; effeminate
• 山炮shān pàomountain gun (portable artillery piece used in mountainous terrain); (dialect) bumpkin…
• 打炮dǎ pàoto open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut
• 排炮pái pàoto fire a salvo; broadside; cannonade
• 水炮shuǐ pàowater cannon
• 礼炮lǐ pàogun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute); salvo
• 约炮yuē pào(slang) to hook up for sex; to arrange a casual sexual encounter…
• 花炮huā pàofirecracker
• 号炮hào pàocannon used for signaling; signaling shot
• 重炮zhòng pàoheavy artillery
• 野炮yě pàofield artillery
• 低音炮dī yīn pàosubwoofer
• 分手炮fēn shǒu pào(slang) breakup sex
• 加农炮jiā nóng pào(loanword) cannon

Characters built on 包

These share the phonetic component 包 (bāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 疱pàopimple; acne; blister

Characters that look like 炮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 孢bāospore
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)

Sounds the same

Read pào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泡bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 疱pimple; acne; blister
• 礮ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones; variant of 炮
• 麭pastry; cake