| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 炮 | 炮 | pào | pao4 | cannon; Classifiers: 座 ; firecracker; variant of 炮 | ||
| 2 | 炮弹 | 炮彈 | pào dàn | pao4 dan4 | artillery shell; Classifiers: 枚 | ||
| 3 | 大炮 | 大砲 | dà pào | da4 pao4 | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; Classifiers: 门 | ||
| 4 | 炮火 | 炮火 | pào huǒ | pao4 huo3 | artillery barrage; gunfire | ||
| 5 | 鞭炮 | 鞭炮 | biān pào | bian1 pao4 | firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; Classifiers: 枚 | ||
| 6 | 炮兵 | 炮兵 | pào bīng | pao4 bing1 | artillery soldier; gunner | ||
| 7 | 三炮 | 三炮 | sān pào | san1 pao4 | (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person | ||
| 8 | 水炮车 | 水炮車 | shuǐ pào chē | shui3 pao4 che1 | water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特别用途车 | ||
| 9 | 曲射炮 | 曲射砲 | qū shè pào | qu1 she4 pao4 | curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc) | ||
| 10 | 糖衣炮弹 | 糖衣炮彈 | táng yī pào dàn | tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4 | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences | ||
| 11 | 水炮 | 水炮 | shuǐ pào | shui3 pao4 | water cannon | ||
| 12 | 虎蹲炮 | 虎蹲砲 | hǔ dūn pào | hu3 dun1 pao4 | a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult | ||
| 13 | 号炮 | 號砲 | hào pào | hao4 pao4 | cannon used for signaling; signaling shot | ||
| 14 | 高射炮 | 高射炮 | gāo shè pào | gao1 she4 pao4 | anti-aircraft gun | ||
| 15 | 低音炮 | 低音炮 | dī yīn pào | di1 yin1 pao4 | subwoofer | ||
| 16 | 嘴炮 | 嘴炮 | zuǐ pào | zui3 pao4 | (Internet slang) to mouth off; to shoot one's mouth off; sb who does that | ||
| 17 | 放马后炮 | 放馬後炮 | fàng mǎ hòu pào | fang4 ma3 hou4 pao4 | to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective | ||
| 18 | 放空炮 | 放空炮 | fàng kōng pào | fang4 kong1 pao4 | (lit.) to fire blank shots; (fig.) to be all talk and no action; to shoot one's mouth off; to make empty promises | ||
| 19 | 放大炮 | 放大炮 | fàng dà pào | fang4 da4 pao4 | to talk big; to shoot one's mouth off | ||
| 20 | 大炮打蚊子 | 大炮打蚊子 | dà pào dǎ wén zi | da4 pao4 da3 wen2 zi5 | cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut | ||
| 21 | 大沽炮台 | 大沽砲臺 | dà gū pào tái | Da4 gu1 pao4 tai2 | Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) | ||
| 22 | 打野炮 | 打野炮 | dǎ yě pào | da3 ye3 pao4 | (slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place | ||
| 23 | 打炮 | 打炮 | dǎ pào | da3 pao4 | to open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate | ||
| 24 | 磁轨炮 | 磁軌砲 | cí guǐ pào | ci2 gui3 pao4 | railgun | ||
| 25 | 长枪短炮 | 長槍短炮 | cháng qiāng duǎn pào | chang2 qiang1 duan3 pao4 | camera (jocular) |
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