炮
pàobāopáo HSK6

large gun, cannon

炮 pào frequency
cannon measure word
a large-caliber gun or piece of artillery

他沉着冷静地瞄准目标，开了一炮。

tā chén​zhuó lěng​jìng de miáo​zhǔn mù​biāo, kāi le yī pào.

He calmly aimed at the target and fired a shot.

firecracker numeral
a small explosive device designed to produce a loud noise

过年时，大家都要放炮庆祝。

guò​nián shí, dà​jiā dōu yào fàng pào qìng​zhù.

During the New Year, everyone sets off firecrackers to celebrate.

炮 bāo
heat-dry verb
to dry something by placing it over or near a heat source

他把湿衣服放在火上炮一炮。

tā bǎ shī yī​fu fàng zài huǒ shàng bāo yī bāo.

He dried the wet clothes by holding them over the fire.

quick-fry noun
to sauté or fry ingredients quickly over high heat

炮羊肉是一道非常考验火候的京菜。

bāo yáng​ròu shì yī dào fēi​cháng kǎo​yàn huǒ​hou de Jīng​cài.

Quick-fried mutton is a Beijing dish that truly tests a chef's control over the heat.

炮 páo
roast (medicine) verb
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching

这些草药需炮熟再入药，药效会更好。

zhè​xiē cǎo​yào xū páo shú zài rù​yào, yào​xiào huì gèng hǎo.

These herbs need to be processed with heat before being used in medicine for better efficacy.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
914th most common 187.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,823rd most common 26.2 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.08 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
21.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+70AE

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)