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 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 榴弹炮 liúdànpào, [榴彈炮], howitzer 礼炮 lǐpào, [禮炮], gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)/salvo 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... 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 一炮打响 yīpàodǎxiǎng, [一炮打響], to win instant success (idiom)/to start off successfully 一炮而红 yīpàoérhóng, [一炮而紅], to win instant success (idiom)/to become an instant hit 三炮 sānpào, (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person 三皇炮捶 sānhuángpàochuí, Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art) 丢轮扯炮 diūlúnchěpào, [丟輪扯砲], lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic 低音炮 dīyīnpào, subwoofer 佛朗机炮 Fólǎngjīpào, [佛朗機炮], Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era 八二三炮战 bāèrsānpàozhàn, [八二三砲戰], bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called s... 号炮 hàopào, [號砲], cannon used for signaling/signaling shot 嘴炮 zuǐpào, (Internet slang) to mouth off/to shoot one's mouth off/sb who does that 大沽口炮台 Dàgūkǒupàotái, [大沽口砲臺], Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, p... 大沽炮台 Dàgūpàotái, [大沽砲臺], Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, p... 大炮打蚊子 dàpàodǎwénzi, cannon fire to hit a mosquito/to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 娘炮 niángpào, (slang) effeminate man/sissy/effeminate 子母炮弹 zǐmǔpàodàn, [子母炮彈], artillery cluster bomb 小钢炮 xiǎogāngpào, [小鋼砲], (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar/(fig.) person who speaks boldl... 开门炮 kāiménpào, [開門炮], firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese trad... 弩炮 nǔpào, [弩砲], catapult/ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks) 打横炮 dǎhéngpào, [打橫炮], to butt in/to interfere/to make things difficult 打野炮 dǎyěpào, (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place 放大炮 fàngdàpào, to talk big/to shoot one's mouth off 放鞭炮 fàngbiānpào, to set off firecrackers 放马后炮 fàngmǎhòupào, [放馬後炮], to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective 无后坐力炮 wúhòuzuòlìpào, [無後坐力炮], recoilless rifle 曲射炮 qūshèpào, [曲射砲], curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc) 机关炮 jīguānpào, [機關炮], machine cannon/machine-gun cannon 炮儿局 pàorjú, [炮兒局], police station (Beijing slang) 炮友 pàoyǒu, fuck buddy/friend with benefits 炮响 pàoxiǎng, [砲響], sound of gunfire/fig. news of momentous events 炮火连天 pàohuǒliántiān, [砲火連天], cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war 炮炼 páoliàn, [炮煉], to parch and refine medicinal herbs 炮烙 páolào, the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) 炮竹 pàozhú, firecracker 炮耳 pàoěr, trunnion/protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertic... 炮艇机 pàotǐngjī, [炮艇機], gunship (aircraft) 炮钎 pàoqiān, [炮釺], a drill/a hammer drill for boring through rock/same as 釺子|钎子 燃放鞭炮 ránfàngbiānpào, to set off fire crackers 磁轨炮 cíguǐpào, [磁軌砲], railgun 礼炮号 LǐpàoHào, [禮炮號], Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series 空中炮舰 kōngzhōngpàojiàn, [空中砲艦], gunship (aircraft) 第一炮 dìyīpào, (fig.) opening shot 约炮 yuēpào, [約炮], (slang) to hook up for a one night stand/booty call 花炮 huāpào, firecracker 虎蹲炮 hǔdūnpào, [虎蹲砲], a short-barreled mortar/an ancient catapult 野炮 yěpào, field artillery 长枪短炮 chángqiāngduǎnpào, [長槍短炮], camera (jocular)