Cojak

Hanzi Character Search: 砲

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gun, cannon
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 5 Total Strokes 10
Mandarin reading paò Cantonese reading baau3 paau3 paau4
Japanese on reading hou Japanese kun reading oozutsu tsutsu
Korean reading pho Vietnamese reading bâu pháo
Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ paò ]    variant of 炮[pao4]
   [ paò shoǔ ]    gunner, artillery crew
   [ paò ]    to shell, to bombard, bombardment
   [ paò huǒ lián tiān ]    cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
   [ paò taí ]    fort, battery
   [ paò tǐng ]    gunboat
   [ paò jiàn ]    gunboat, gunship
   [ paò hōng ]    to bombard, to bomb
   [ paò xiǎng ]    sound of gunfire, fig. news of momentous events
⇒    [ diū lún chě paò ]    (idiom) flustered, confused
⇒    [ koǔ paò taí ]    Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
⇒    [ paò taí ]    Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
⇒    [ paò ]    big gun, cannon, artillery, one who talks big, CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
⇒    [ gāng paò ]    (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar, (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly, hot hatch (car), (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
⇒    [ paò ]    catapult, ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
⇒    [ shè paò ]    curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
⇒    [ qiāng paò ]    firearm
⇒    [ huǒ paò ]    cannon, gun, artillery
⇒    [ guǐ paò ]    railgun
⇒    [ kōng zhōng paò jiàn ]    gunship (aircraft)
⇒    [ dūn paò ]    a short-barreled mortar, an ancient catapult
⇒    [ haò paò ]    cannon used for signaling, signaling shot
⇒    [ lián zhū paò ]    barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
⇒    [ zhòng paò ]    heavy artillery
⇒    [ kaī paò ]    to open fire
⇒    [ hoù paò ]    lit. firing after the horse, fig. belated action, giving advice in hindsight

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