Usage of the character 砲
pào
炮
[砲]
- variant of 炮 (pào)
pàotǐng
炮艇
[砲艇]
- gunboat
pàoshǒu
炮手
[砲手]
- gunner
- artillery crew
zhòngpào
重炮
[重砲]
- heavy artillery
pàojiàn
炮舰
[砲艦]
- gunboat
- gunship
hàopào
号炮
[號砲]
- cannon used for signaling
- signaling shot
kāipào
开炮
[開砲]
- to open fire
pàojī
炮击
[砲擊]
- to shell
- to bombard
- bombardment
dàpào
大炮
[大砲]
- big gun
- cannon
- artillery
- one who talks big
- CL:門／门 (mén),尊 (zūn)
huǒpào
火炮
[火砲]
- cannon
- gun
- artillery
pàoxiǎng
炮响
[砲響]
- sound of gunfire
- fig. news of momentous events
nǔpào
弩炮
[弩砲]
- catapult
- ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
qiāngpào
枪炮
[槍砲]
- firearm
pàohōng
炮轰
[砲轟]
- variant of 炮轟／炮轰 (pàohōng)
pàotái
炮台
[砲臺]
- fort
- battery
xiǎogāngpào
小钢炮
[小鋼砲]
- (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar
- (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly
- hot hatch (car)
- (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
mǎhòupào
马后炮
[馬後砲]
- lit. firing after the horse
- fig. belated action
- giving advice in hindsight
cíguǐpào
磁轨炮
[磁軌砲]
- railgun
qūshèpào
曲射炮
[曲射砲]
- curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
liánzhūpào
连珠炮
[連珠砲]
- barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
hǔdūnpào
虎蹲炮
[虎蹲砲]
- a short-barreled mortar
- an ancient catapult
diūlúnchěpào
丢轮扯炮
[丟輪扯砲]
- (idiom) flustered
- confused
Dàgūpàotái
大沽炮台
[大沽砲臺]
- Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
pàohuǒliántiān
炮火连天
[砲火連天]
- cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
kōngzhōngpàojiàn
空中炮舰
[空中砲艦]
- gunship (aircraft)
Dàgūkǒupàotái
大沽口炮台
[大沽口砲臺]
- Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)