号炮 號砲 hào pào cannon used for signaling / signaling shot 机关炮 機關炮 jī guān pào machine cannon / machine-gun cannon 人群管理特别用途车 人群管理特別用途車 rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shui3 pao4 che1] 大炮打蚊子 dà pào dǎ wén zi cannon fire to hit a mosquito / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut 信令 xìn lìng signaling (engineering) 呢 ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn 号旗 號旗 hào qí signaling flag 螺号 螺號 luó hào conch / shell as horn for signaling 阿芙乐尔号 阿芙樂爾號 ā fú lè ěr hào Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography 政策支持和推介 policy support and signaling 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 火炮 火砲 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery syn 炮灰 pào huī cannon fodder 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 加农炮 加農炮 jiā nóng pào cannon (loanword) 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 礮 pào ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones / variant of 炮[pao4], cannon 鸟枪换炮 鳥槍換炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom) / equipment improved enormously syn 佛朗机炮 佛朗機炮 fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era 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 佛朗机铳 佛朗機銃 fó lǎng jī chòng Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era 加农 加農 jiā nóng cannon (loanword) 十吋口炮 shí cùn kǒu pào ten inch caliber cannon 炮耳 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot 砲耳 pào ěr trunnion / protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot / also written 炮耳 水炮 shuǐ pào water cannon 水炮车 水炮車 shuǐ pào chē water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特別用途車|人群管理特别用途车[ren2 qun2 guan3 li3 te4 bie2 yong4 tu2 che1] 炮决 炮決 pào jué to execute sb by cannon 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 回禄 回祿 huí lù traditional Fire God / destruction by fire 峰火台 峰火臺 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 烽燧 fēng suì fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) 禁射区 禁射區 no-fire area / no-fire zone 曲射 qū shè (military) curved-trajectory fire / plunging fire 消防通道 xiāo fáng tōng dào fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 点燃 點燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame syn 防火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn 火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 点火 點火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble syn 烽火 fēng huǒ fire beacon (to give alarm) syn 灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting syn 惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry syn 火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2] syn 发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry syn 取暖 qǔ nuǎn to warm oneself (by a fire etc) syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 烧毁 燒燬 shāo huǐ to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire syn 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance syn 龙虎 龍虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) 走火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire syn 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 辞退 辭退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire syn 还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn 连发 連發 lián fā to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession syn 阻燃 zǔ rán fire resistant 冰火 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements 解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn 燎原 liáo yuán to start a prairie fire 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate 圣火 聖火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / (esp.) the Olympic flame 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ to act without taking time to think (idiom) / to react instantly / to fire from the hip syn 火势 火勢 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn 火神 huǒ shén god of fire 推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn 火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 灭火器 滅火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 水龙 水龍 shuǐ lóng hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens) 