| 1 | 炮 | 砲 | pào | pao4 | cannon; Classifiers: 座 ; firecracker; variant of 炮 | | |
| 2 | 炮弹 | 炮彈 | pào dàn | pao4 dan4 | artillery shell; Classifiers: 枚 | | |
| 3 | 炮火 | 炮火 | pào huǒ | pao4 huo3 | artillery barrage; gunfire | | |
| 4 | 炮兵 | 炮兵 | pào bīng | pao4 bing1 | artillery soldier; gunner | | |
| 5 | 炮竹 | 炮竹 | pào zhú | pao4 zhu2 | firecracker | | |
| 6 | 炮仗 | 炮仗 | pào zhang | pao4 zhang5 | firecracker | | |
| 7 | 炮友 | 炮友 | pào yǒu | pao4 you3 | fuck buddy; friend with benefits | | |
| 8 | 炮响 | 砲響 | pào xiǎng | pao4 xiang3 | sound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events | | |
| 9 | 炮艇机 | 炮艇機 | pào tǐng jī | pao4 ting3 ji1 | gunship (aircraft) | | |
| 10 | 炮艇 | 砲艇 | pào tǐng | pao4 ting3 | gunboat | | |
| 11 | 炮台 | 砲臺 | pào tái | pao4 tai2 | fort; battery | | |
| 12 | 炮塔 | 炮塔 | pào tǎ | pao4 ta3 | gun turret | | |
| 13 | 炮手 | 砲手 | pào shǒu | pao4 shou3 | gunner; artillery crew | | |
| 14 | 炮声隆隆 | 炮聲隆隆 | pào shēng lóng lóng | pao4 sheng1 long2 long2 | boom or roar of guns (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 炮儿局 | 炮兒局 | pào r jú | pao4 r5 ju2 | police station (Beijing slang) | | |
| 16 | 炮钎 | 炮釺 | pào qiān | pao4 qian1 | a drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 钎子 | | |
| 17 | 炮舰政策 | 炮艦政策 | pào jiàn zhèng cè | pao4 jian4 zheng4 ce4 | gunboat policy | | |
| 18 | 炮舰 | 砲艦 | pào jiàn | pao4 jian4 | gunship; gunboat; gunship | | |
| 19 | 炮击 | 炮擊 | pào jī | pao4 ji1 | to shell; to bombard; bombardment; to shell; to bombard; bombardment | | |
| 20 | 炮火连天 | 砲火連天 | pào huǒ lián tiān | pao4 huo3 lian2 tian1 | cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war | | |
| 21 | 炮灰 | 炮灰 | pào huī | pao4 hui1 | cannon fodder | | |
| 22 | 炮轰 | 砲轟 | pào hōng | pao4 hong1 | to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast; to bombard; to bomb; trad. also written 炮轟 | | |
| 23 | 炮耳 | 炮耳 | pào ěr | pao4 er3 | trunnion; protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot | | |