砲 (paau3) — variant of 炮 in Cantonese
paau˗₃砲简 炮
Mandarin Pinyin: pao4 pao2 bao1
Meaning of 砲
nounvariant of 炮
Example Sentences with 砲
ziˉ¹支daaiˍ₆大paau˗₃砲houˊ²好zungˍ₆重
This cannon is very heavy.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似daaiˍ₆大paau˗₃砲
He sounds like a cannon.
daaiˍ₆大paau˗₃砲faat˗₃發seˊ²射laa˗₃喇
The cannon is firing!
sai˗₃細sai˗₃細laapˍ₆粒daaiˍ₆大paau˗₃砲
Small cannonball.
daaiˍ₆大paau˗₃砲houˊ²好gingˍ₆勁wo˗₃喎
The cannon is powerful!
Words Containing 砲
重砲cung5 paau3
heavy artillery
鞭砲bin1 paau3
firecrackers (esp. the red ones strung together on a string) | [粵]: 炮仗
砲手paau3 sau2
gunner — an army personnel who operates a heavy gun or a member of the artillery regiment
大砲daai6 paau3
大炮
火砲fo2 paau3
cannon; gun; artillery
車大砲ce1 daai6 paau3
to boast; to brag; to talk big | Mand.: 吹牛 (more commonly encountered as 車大炮, but note that the 炮 is really a character substitution for 車大奅)
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