"砲" Chinese-English Dictionary

砲 pào

Radical: 石 (5 traits)
Number of strokes: 10
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: MRPRU 一口心口山
Sijiao: 1761.2
Wubi: DWYC
Unicode: U+7832

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
炮砲	pào	variant of 炮[pao4]	syn
砲	pào	variant of 炮[pao4]

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
炮轰砲轟	pào hōng	variant of 炮轟\|炮轰[pao4 hong1]	syn
炮台砲臺	pào tái	fort / battery
炮击砲擊	pào jī	to shell / to bombard / bombardment	syn
炮手砲手	pào shǒu	gunner / artillery crew
炮舰砲艦	pào jiàn	gunboat / gunship
炮艇砲艇	pào tǐng	gunboat	syn
砲兵	pào bīng	artillery soldier / gunner / also written 炮兵
砲耳	pào ěr	trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot / also written 炮耳
炮响砲響	pào xiǎng	sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events
炮火连天砲火連天	pào huǒ lián tiān	cannon firing for days on end (idiom) / enveloped in the flames of war

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
佛朗机砲佛朗機砲	fó lǎng jī pào	Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era / also written 佛朗機炮\|佛朗机炮