| 1 | 炮 | 炮 | páo | pao2 | to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) | | |
| 2 | 炮烙 | 炮烙 | páo lào | pao2 lao4 | the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) | | |
| 3 | 炮炼 | 炮煉 | páo liàn | pao2 lian4 | to parch and refine medicinal herbs | | |
| 4 | 炮烙之刑 | 炮烙之刑 | páo luò zhī xíng | pao2 luo4 zhi1 xing2 | punishment in which a prisoner walks on a slippery metal beam kept hot by coal underneath | | |
| 5 | 炮制 | 炮製 | páo zhì | pao2 zhi4 | to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine) | | |
| 6 | 如法炮制 | 如法炮製 | rú fǎ páo zhì | ru2 fa3 pao2 zhi4 | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom); fig. to follow a set pattern | | |
| 7 | 授意炮制 | 授意炮製 | shòu yì páo zhì | shou4 yi4 pao2 zhi4 | to instruct sb. in concocting (sth.) (idiom) | | |