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鞭炮

biān pào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 枚

鞭炮 (biān pào) means "firecrackers; string of small firecrackers". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 鞭炮 means

1. firecrackers
2. string of small firecrackers

The characters in 鞭炮

• 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker

Words containing 鞭炮

• 放鞭炮fàng biān pàoto set off firecrackers

Where 鞭炮 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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