| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 炮 | 炮 | bāo | - to sauté - to fry - to dry by heating |
| 炮 | 炮 | páo | - to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) |
| 炮 | 炮 | pào | - cannon - CL:座[zuo4] - firecracker |
| 炮 | 砲 | pào | - variant of 炮[pao4] |
| 大炮 | 大砲 | dàpào | - big gun - cannon - artillery - one who talks big - trad. form 大炮 also used - CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] |
| 娘炮 | 娘炮 | niángpào | - (slang) effeminate man - sissy - effeminate |
| 弩炮 | 弩砲 | nǔpào | - catapult - ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks) |
| 打炮 | 打炮 | dǎpào | - to open fire with artillery - to set off firecrackers - to make one's stage debut - (slang) to have sex - to masturbate |
| 排炮 | 排炮 | páipào | - to fire a salvo - broadside - cannonade |
| 枪炮 | 槍砲 | qiāngpào | - firearm |
| 火炮 | 火炮 | huǒpào | - cannon - gun - artillery |
| 火炮 | 火砲 | huǒpào | - cannon - gun - artillery |
| 炮兵 | 炮兵 | pàobīng | - artillery soldier - gunner |
| 炮友 | 炮友 | pàoyǒu | - fuck buddy - friend with benefits |
| 炮塔 | 炮塔 | pàotǎ | - gun turret |
| 炮弹 | 炮彈 | pàodàn | - artillery shell - CL:枚[mei2] |
| 炮击 | 炮擊 | pàojī | - to shell - to bombard - bombardment |
| 炮火 | 炮火 | pàohuǒ | - artillery barrage - gunfire |
| 炮灰 | 炮灰 | pàohuī | - cannon fodder |
| 炮烙 | 炮烙 | páolào | - the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) |
| 炮炼 | 炮煉 | páoliàn | - to parch and refine medicinal herbs |
| 炮耳 | 炮耳 | pàoěr | - trunnion - protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot |
| 炮舰 | 炮艦 | pàojiàn | - gunship |
| 炮制 | 炮製 | páozhì | - to concoct - to invent - to fabricate - to produce - to process - processing and curing (Chinese medicine) |
| 炮轰 | 炮轟 | pàohōng | - to bombard - to bomb - (fig.) to criticize - to roast |
| 炮钎 | 炮釺 | pàoqiān | - a drill - a hammer drill for boring through rock - same as 釺子|钎子 |
| 炮手 | 砲手 | pàoshǒu | - gunner - artillery crew |
| 炮击 | 砲擊 | pàojī | - to shell - to bombard - bombardment |
| 炮台 | 砲臺 | pàotái | - fort - battery |
| 炮艇 | 砲艇 | pàotǐng | - gunboat |
| 炮舰 | 砲艦 | pàojiàn | - gunboat - gunship |
| 炮轰 | 砲轟 | pàohōng | - to bombard - to bomb - trad. also written 炮轟 |
| 炮响 | 砲響 | pàoxiǎng | - sound of gunfire - fig. news of momentous events |
| 礼炮 | 禮炮 | lǐpào | - gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) - salvo |
| 约炮 | 約炮 | yuēpào | - (slang) to hook up for a one night stand - booty call |
| 花炮 | 花炮 | huāpào | - firecracker |
| 号炮 | 號砲 | hàopào | - signaling cannon fire |
| 重炮 | 重砲 | zhòngpào | - heavy artillery |
| 野炮 | 野炮 | yěpào | - field artillery |
| 开炮 | 開砲 | kāipào | - to open fire |
| 鞭炮 | 鞭炮 | biānpào | - firecrackers - string of small firecrackers - CL:枚[mei2] |
| 低音炮 | 低音炮 | dīyīnpào | - subwoofer |
| 加农炮 | 加農炮 | jiānóngpào | - cannon (loanword) |
| 打横炮 | 打橫炮 | dǎhéngpào | - speak unwarrantedly |
| 打野炮 | 打野炮 | dǎyěpào | - (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place |
| 放大炮 | 放大炮 | fàngdàpào | - to talk big - to shoot one's mouth off |
| 放空炮 | 放空炮 | fàngkōngpào | - (lit.) to fire blank shots - (fig.) to be all talk and no action - to shoot one's mouth off - to make empty promises |
| 放鞭炮 | 放鞭炮 | fàngbiānpào | - to set off firecrackers |
| 榴弹炮 | 榴彈炮 | liúdànpào | - howitzer |
| 机关炮 | 機關炮 | jīguānpào | - machine cannon - machine-gun cannon |
| 火箭炮 | 火箭炮 | huǒjiànpào | - rocket artillery |
| 炮儿局 | 炮兒局 | pàorjú | - police station (Beijing slang) |
| 礼炮号 | 禮炮號 | LǐpàoHào | - Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series |
| 第一炮 | 第一炮 | dìyīpào | - (fig.) opening shot |
| 虎蹲炮 | 虎蹲砲 | hǔdūnpào | - a short-barreled mortar - an ancient catapult |
| 迫击炮 | 迫擊炮 | pǎijīpào | - mortar (weapon) |
| 连珠炮 | 連珠砲 | liánzhūpào | - in quick-fire succession |
| 开门炮 | 開門砲 | kāiménpào | - firecrackers to open the door on the New Year |
| 马后炮 | 馬後炮 | mǎhòupào | - lit. firing after the horse - fig. belated action - giving advice in hindsight |
| 马后炮 | 馬後砲 | mǎhòupào | - lit. firing after the horse - fig. belated action - giving advice in hindsight |
| 高射炮 | 高射炮 | gāoshèpào | - anti-aircraft gun |
| 一炮打响 | 一炮打響 | yīpàodǎxiǎng | - to win instant success (idiom) - to start off successfully |
| 一炮而红 | 一炮而紅 | yīpàoérhóng | - to win instant success (idiom) - to become an instant hit |
| 三皇炮捶 | 三皇炮捶 | sānhuángpàochuí | - Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art) |
| 丢轮扯炮 | 丟輪扯砲 | diūlúnchěpào | - lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic |
| 佛朗机炮 | 佛朗機炮 | Fólǎngjīpào | - Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era |
| 大沽炮台 | 大沽砲臺 | Dàgūpàotái | - Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) |
| 如法炮制 | 如法炮製 | rúfǎpáozhì | - lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) - fig. to follow a set pattern |
| 子母炮弹 | 子母炮彈 | zǐmǔpàodàn | - artillery cluster bomb |
| 放马后炮 | 放馬後炮 | fàngmǎhòupào | - to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective |
| 燃放鞭炮 | 燃放鞭炮 | ránfàngbiānpào | - to set off fire crackers |
| 炮火连天 | 砲火連天 | pàohuǒliántiān | - cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war |
| 空中炮舰 | 空中砲艦 | kōngzhōngpàojiàn | - helicopter gunship |
| 长枪短炮 | 長槍短炮 | chángqiāngduǎnpào | - camera (jocular) |
| 鸟枪换炮 | 鳥槍換炮 | niǎoqiānghuànpào | - bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously |
| 八二三炮战 | 八二三砲戰 | bāèrsānpàozhàn | - bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis |
| 大沽口炮台 | 大沽口砲臺 | Dàgūkǒupàotái | - Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) |
| 大炮打蚊子 | 大炮打蚊子 | dàpàodǎwénzi | - cannon fire to hit a mosquito - to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
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