炮(pào)

HSK 69 strokes
Readingspàopáobāo

to sauté

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Character information

Pinyin
pào / páo / bāo
Meaning
to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 炮 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰火包

In this compound, the meaning comes from 火 (fire); 包 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

火huǒ包bāo

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 炮 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 炮

Common words using 炮 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sān三pào炮

(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person

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zuǐ嘴pào炮

(Internet slang) to mouth off; to shoot one's mouth off; sb who does that

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dà大pào炮

big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; CL:门,尊[zun1]

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yī一pào炮ér而hóng红

to win instant success (idiom)

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jiā加nóng农pào炮

(loanword) cannon

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rú如fǎ法páo炮zhì制

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)

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niáng娘pào炮

(slang) effeminate man

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dǎ打pào炮

to open fire with artillery

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From 炮’s common words

三嘴大一而红加农

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