娘 ⇒
姑娘 gūniang, girl/young woman/young lady/daughter/paternal aunt (old)/CL:個|个[gè]
娘 niáng, [孃], mother/young lady/(coll.) effeminate, variant of 娘[niáng]
新娘 xīnniáng, bride
小姑娘 娘娘腔 niángniangqiāng, sissy/effeminate
伴娘 bànniáng, bridesmaid/maid of honor/matron of honor
灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, Cinderella/a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
婆娘 póniáng, woman (derog.)
娘娘 niángniang, queen/empress/imperial concubine/Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Moth...
老娘 lǎoniáng, my old mother/I, this old woman/my old lady (colloquial)/maternal grandmother/mi...
娘家 niángjia, married woman's parents' home
老板娘 lǎobǎnniáng, [老闆娘], female proprietor/lady boss/boss's wife
大姑娘 娘子 niángzǐ, (dialect) form of address for one's wife/polite form of address for a woman
娘儿们 niángrmen, [娘兒們], (dialect) woman/wife
奶娘 nǎiniáng, (dialect) wet nurse
娘胎 niángtāi, womb
丈母娘 zhàngmǔniáng, wife's mother/mother-in-law/same as 丈母
老姑娘 爹娘 diēniáng, (dialect) parents
大娘 dàniáng, (coll.) father's older brother's wife/aunt (polite address)
红娘 hóngniáng, [紅娘], matchmaker
亲娘 娘儿 骂娘 màniáng, [罵娘], to curse (at sb)/to call sb names
姑娘家 老大娘 lǎodàniáng, old lady/Madam (polite address)/CL:位[wèi]
娘家人 小娘子 纺织娘 fǎngzhīniáng, [紡織孃], katydid/long-horned grasshopper
娘子军 干娘 gānniáng, [乾娘], adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
炮 ⇒
炮 bāo/páo/pào, [砲], to sauté/to fry/to dry by heating, to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or par...
大炮 dàpào, [大砲], big gun/cannon/artillery/one who talks big/trad. form 大炮 also used/CL:門|门[mén],尊...
炮弹 pàodàn, [炮彈], artillery shell/CL:枚[méi]
迫击炮 pǎijīpào, [迫擊炮], mortar (weapon)
开炮 kāipào, [開砲], to open fire
炮火 pàohuǒ, artillery barrage/gunfire
枪炮 qiāngpào, [槍砲], firearm
火炮 huǒpào, [火砲], cannon/gun/artillery, cannon/gun/artillery
炮手 pàoshǒu, [砲手], gunner/artillery crew
炮兵 pàobīng, artillery soldier/gunner
鞭炮 biānpào, firecrackers/string of small firecrackers/CL:枚[méi]
炮塔 pàotǎ, gun turret
炮轰 pàohōng, [炮轟]/[砲轟], to bombard/to bomb/(fig.) to criticize/to roast, to bombard/to bomb/trad. also w...
炮击 pàojī, [炮擊]/[砲擊], to shell/to bombard/bombardment, to shell/to bombard/bombardment
马后炮 mǎhòupào, [馬後炮]/[馬後砲], lit. firing after the horse/fig. belated action/giving advice in hindsight, lit....
高射炮 gāoshèpào, anti-aircraft gun
加农炮 jiānóngpào, [加農炮], cannon (loanword)
火箭炮 huǒjiànpào, rocket artillery
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
炮声 打炮 dǎpào, to open fire with artillery/to set off firecrackers/to make one's stage debut/(s...
炮台 pàotái, [砲臺], fort/battery
炮制 páozhì, [炮製], to concoct/to invent/to fabricate/to produce/to process/processing and curing (C...
重炮 zhòngpào, [重砲], heavy artillery
如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì, [如法炮製], lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)/fig. to follow a set pattern
炮艇 pàotǐng, [砲艇], gunboat
放炮 榴弹炮 liúdànpào, [榴彈炮], howitzer
礼炮 lǐpào, [禮炮], gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)/salvo
舰炮 高炮 鞭炮声 炮位 连珠炮 liánzhūpào, [連珠砲], barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
放空炮 fàngkōngpào, (lit.) to fire blank shots/(fig.) to be all talk and no action/to shoot one's mo...
空炮 机炮 鸟枪换炮 niǎoqiānghuànpào, [鳥槍換炮], bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
排炮 páipào, to fire a salvo/broadside/cannonade
糖衣炮弹 tángyīpàodàn, [糖衣炮彈], sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupti...
炮仗 pàozhang, firecracker
炮舰 pàojiàn, [炮艦]/[砲艦], gunship, gunboat/gunship
钢炮 炮筒子 哑炮 土炮