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bāo
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to sauté
  2. 2. to fry
  3. 3. to dry by heating

Words Containing 炮

礼炮号
lǐ pào hào

Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series

大沽炮台
dà gū pào tái

Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)

子母炮弹
zǐ mǔ pào dàn

artillery cluster bomb

糖衣炮弹
táng yī pào dàn

sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences

磁轨炮
cí guǐ pào

railgun

炮战
pào zhàn

artillery bombardment; artillery battle

重炮
zhòng pào

heavy artillery

嘴炮
zuǐ pào

(Internet slang) to mouth off

马后炮
mǎ hòu pào

lit. firing after the horse

号炮
hào pào

cannon used for signaling

水炮
shuǐ pào

water cannon

枪炮
qiāng pào

firearm

放大炮
fàng dà pào

to talk big

炮竹
pào zhú

firecracker

大炮打蚊子
dà pào dǎ wén zi

cannon fire to hit a mosquito

长枪短炮
cháng qiāng duǎn pào

camera (jocular)

炮兵
pào bīng

gunner

三炮
sān pào

(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person

炮制
páo zhì

to concoct

加农炮
jiā nóng pào

cannon (loanword)

炮艇
pào tǐng

gunboat

打横炮
dǎ héng pào

to butt in

弩炮
nǔ pào

catapult

炮耳
pào ěr

trunnion

炮炼
páo liàn

to parch and refine medicinal herbs

放空炮
fàng kōng pào

(lit.) to fire blank shots

炮灰
pào huī

cannon fodder

连珠炮
lián zhū pào

barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)

炮舰
pào jiàn

gunship

火箭炮
huǒ jiàn pào

rocket artillery

小钢炮
xiǎo gāng pào

(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar

曲射炮
qū shè pào

curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)

炮轰
pào hōng

to bombard

佛朗机炮
fó lǎng jī pào

Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng

(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try

低音炮
dī yīn pào

subwoofer

空中炮舰
kōng zhōng pào jiàn

gunship (aircraft)

排炮
pái pào

to fire a salvo

大沽口炮台
dà gū kǒu pào tái

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
rú fǎ páo zhì

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)

丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào

(idiom) flustered

炮响
pào xiǎng

sound of gunfire

燃放鞭炮
rán fàng biān pào

to set off fire crackers

无后坐力炮
wú hòu zuò lì pào

recoilless rifle

放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào

to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective

野炮
yě pào

field artillery

娘炮
niáng pào

(slang) effeminate man

一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng

to win instant success (idiom)

炮钎
pào qiān

a drill

炮手
pào shǒu

gunner

打野炮
dǎ yě pào

(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place

炮艇机
pào tǐng jī

gunship (aircraft)

炮台
pào tái

fort

虎蹲炮
hǔ dūn pào

a short-barreled mortar

礼炮
lǐ pào

gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)

炮塔
pào tǎ

gun turret

大炮
dà pào

big gun

鞭炮
biān pào

firecrackers

炮烙
páo lào

the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)

机关炮
jī guān pào

machine cannon

榴弹炮
liú dàn pào

howitzer

三皇炮捶
sān huáng pào chuí

Paochui - \Three Emperor Cannon Punch\ (Chinese Martial Art)

炮弹
pào dàn

artillery shell

八二三炮战
bā èr sān pào zhàn

bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis

打炮
dǎ pào

to open fire with artillery

迫击炮
pǎi jī pào

mortar (weapon)

炮友
pào yǒu

fuck buddy

火炮
huǒ pào

cannon

约炮
yuē pào

(slang) to hook up for a one night stand

水炮车
shuǐ pào chē

water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特別用途車|人群管理特别用途车[rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē]

花炮
huā pào

firecracker

第一炮
dì yī pào

(fig.) opening shot

炮击
pào jī

to shell

炮火
pào huǒ

artillery barrage

高射炮
gāo shè pào

anti-aircraft gun

开门炮
kāi mén pào

firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)

放鞭炮
fàng biān pào

to set off firecrackers

开炮
kāi pào

to open fire

鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào

bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān

cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

炮仗
pào zhang

firecracker