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炮

pào

large gun, cannon; artillery

Shadow
Strokes
9
Radical
火
HSK
5
Tone
4

Other readings: páo

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我不是想要老婆，我想找个炮友而已。

    Wǒ bù shì xiǎng yào lǎo pó wǒ xiǎng zhǎo gè pào yǒu ér yǐ

    It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.

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Words containing 炮

  • 鞭炮biān pào 1–4 firecrackers; string of small firecrackers
  • 炮pào 4cannon; firecracker
  • 马后炮mǎ hòu pào 3–4–4lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight
  • 炮bāo 1to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
  • 炮páo 2to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)