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
灰 ⇒
灰 huī, ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected
灰色 huīsè, gray/ash gray/grizzly/pessimistic/gloomy/dispirited/ambiguous
骨灰 gǔhuī, bone ash/ashes of the dead
灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, Cinderella/a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰尘 huīchén, [灰塵], dust
灰烬 huījìn, [灰燼], ashes
烟灰缸 yānhuīgāng, [煙灰缸], ashtray
灰心 huīxīn, to lose heart/to be discouraged
灰暗 huīàn, dull gray/drab/murky
灰飞烟灭 huīfēiyānmiè, [灰飛煙滅], lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)/fig. to be annihilated/to vanis...
烟灰 yānhuī, [煙灰], cigarette ash
化为灰烬 骨灰盒 gǔhuīhé, box for bone ashes/funerary casket
石灰 shíhuī, lime (calcium oxide)
大灰狼 dàhuīláng, big bad wolf
灰心丧气 huīxīnsàngqì, [灰心喪氣], downhearted/downcast/in despair
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
心灰意冷 xīnhuīyìlěng, discouraged/downhearted
死灰 石灰石 shíhuīshí, limestone
灰溜溜 huīliūliū, dull gray/gloomy/dejected/crestfallen/with one's tail between one's legs
灰白 huībái, colored/ash-colored
死灰复燃 sǐhuīfùrán, [死灰復燃], lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence/sth ma...
煤灰 méihuī, soot
火山灰 huǒshānhuī, volcanic ash
万念俱灰 wànniànjùhuī, [萬念俱灰], every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
油灰 银灰色 灰质炎 灰鲸 灰土 Huītǔ/huītǔ, Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy), dust
一鼻子灰 灰白色 huībáisè, ash gray
深灰色 shēnhuīsè, dark gray
灰鼠 灰鹅 炉灰 石灰岩 shíhuīyán, limestone
深灰 灰蒙蒙 huīmēngmēng, dusky/overcast (of weather)
灰质 生石灰 shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
灰度 huīdù, grayscale
灰市 灰指甲 灰不溜秋 huībuliūqiū, see 灰不溜丟|灰不溜丢[huī bu liū diū]
灰鹤 huīhè, [灰鶴], (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
磷灰石 línhuīshí, apatite/phosphatic limestone
灰扑扑 抹灰 mǒhuī, to plaster/to render (a wall)/(fig.) to bring shame on/also pr. [mò huī]
灰浆 huījiāng, [灰漿], mortar (for masonry)