炮 bāo
: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
炮 páo
: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮 pào
noun
: cannon; firecracker
砲 | じゅう juu
noun
: gun; rifle; small arms
砲 | ほう hou
noun | noun suffix
: gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
炮 bao1: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
炮聲[声] bao1sheng1: gunshot
[砲声 | ほうせい housei: sound of a gun; roar of cannon]
炮台 bao1tai2: battery
[砲台 | ほうだい houdai: (gun) battery; fort]
炮彈襲擊 [炮弹袭击] [bao1dan3 xi2ji1: mortar attack
炮 pao2: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮烙 pao2lao4: the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) [ほうろく houroku: baking pan; parching pan]
炮煉[炼] pao2lian4: to parch and refine medicinal herbs
炮製[制] pao2zhi4: (粵) to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
炮 pao4: cannon; firecracker
炮彈[弹] pao4dan4: artillery shell [砲弾 | ほうだん houdan: shell]
炮火 pao4huo3: artillery barrage; gunfire 砲火 | ほうか houma: gunfire; fire]
炮友 pao4you3: fuck buddy; friend with benefits
鞭炮 bian1pao4: firecrackers; string of small firecrackers
大炮 da4pao4: big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big
[大砲 | たいほう taihou: gun; cannon; artillery]
車大炮 che1 da4pao4: (cantonese) making up stories: to talk big; to exaggerate
打炮 da3 pao4: to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one’s stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate
打野炮 da3 ye3 pao4: (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place
娘炮 niang2pao4: (slang) effeminate man; sissy; effeminate
弩炮 nu3pao4: catapult; ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
[弩砲 | どほう dohou: ballista]
Chinese expression / idiom
放空炮 fang4 kong1 pao4
: lit. to fire blank shots; fig. to be all talk and no action; to shoot one’s mouth off; to make empty promises
丟輪扯砲 [丢轮扯炮] diu1 lun2 che3 pao4
: lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
一炮打響 [一炮打响] yi1 pao4 da3 xiang3
OR
一炮而紅 [一炮而红] yi1 pao4 er2 hong2
: to win instant success; to become an instant hit
大炮打蚊子 da4 pao4 da3 wen2 zi
: cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut: overkill
形声 Pictophonetic.
火 (huo3: fire radical) suggests the meaning while
包 (bao1: wrap) provides the sound.
Semantic / Historical Variant:
砲 pao4: gun; cannon
[kun: 砲 | じゅう juu
on: ほう hou]
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
