# 炮

| 炮 | U+70AE, &#28846; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-70AE |
| ← 炭 [U+70AD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 炯 → [U+70AF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

炮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火心口山 (FPRU), four-corner 9781$_2$, composition ⿰火包)

#### Derived characters

* 𪺃, 𬋗, 𬋚

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18954
* Dae Jaweon: page 1078, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2196, character 12
* Unihan data for U+70AE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 炮
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰruːs, *bruː): semantic 火 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): pào (pao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pao$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): pāo
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): pāo
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): по (po, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paau$^3$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): paau$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): pau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): pau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phau
    (Hailu, HRS): pau$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): pau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): pa̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): páu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pao$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phàu / phauh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pao$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pao$^3$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): paau$^3$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$phau
** (Jinhua): $^5$phau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pào
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pào
*** Wade–Giles: pʻao$^4$
*** Yale: pàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
*** Palladius: пао (pao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: pao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: pao
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: pāo
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: pāo
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): pao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: по (po, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paau$^3$
*** Yale: paau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːu̯³³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: paau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: pau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: pau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
*** Hakka Romanization System: pau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: pau$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰau¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: pau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: pa̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: páu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑu²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu
*** Tâi-lô: phàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phaux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phauh
*** Tâi-lô: phauh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phauq
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰauʔ⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pao$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phàu
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau²¹³/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: pao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰau²¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: paau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^5$phau
*** MiniDict: phau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$phau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰɔ³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /pʰɔ³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /pʰɔ³⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /pʰɔ³³/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pʰæ⁵²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /pʰɔ⁴¹²/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /pʰaɯ⁵²³/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /pʰɔ³³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /pʰɔ⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /pʰɒ³³/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /pʰɔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /pʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^5$phau
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /pʰɑu⁵⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: pau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɒu̯⁴⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit炮 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /pʰɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /pʰau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /pʰɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /pʰɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /pʰɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /pʰau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /pʰau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /pʰɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /pʰɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /pʰɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /pʰɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /pʰau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /pʰau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /pʰao²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /pʰɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /pʰɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /pʰɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /pʰau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /pʰɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /pʰɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /pʰɔ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /pʰæ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /pʰɔ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /pʰuɔ⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /pʰɔ³²⁴/ /pʰo³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /pʰo⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /pʰau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /pʰaɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /pʰɑu²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /pʰau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /pʰɑu⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /pʰau³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /pʰau³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /pʰau³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /pʰau²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /pʰɑu²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /pʰau³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /pʰau²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /fau³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: phaewH
Rime :
| Character | 炮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 滂 (2) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 匹皃切 |
| Baxter | phaewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʰˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʰᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pʰau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pʰaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pʰau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pʰau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pʰau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 280 |
| Phonetic component | 勹 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 奅 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰruːs/ |

#### Definitions

炮
* large gun; cannon; artillery
* firecracker
* (Cantonese, colloquial) gun (Classifier: 支 c; 條／条 c; 轆／辘 c)
* (xiangqi) cannon: 🩥 (on the red side)
    Synonym: 🩬
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) to talk big

##### Usage notes

* (Chinese chess): This character is usually only used on the red side, but it may also be used for both sides in some sets. The same piece on the black side is often written as 砲 or 包.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 槍, 槍械, 槍支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 槍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 槍 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 槍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 槍 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 槍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 槍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 槍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 槍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 槍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 槍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 槍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 槍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 槍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 槍 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 槍 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 槍, 炮, 鐵 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 槍 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 槍 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 槍 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 槍 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 槍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 槍 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 槍 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 銃仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 銃仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 銃仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 銃 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 銃 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銃 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 槍 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 槍 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 槍 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 槍 |
| Jin | Linhe | 槍 |
| Jin | Jining | 槍 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 槍 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 槍 |
| Jin | Handan | 槍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 槍, 銃 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 槍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 銃, 銃支 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 銃, 銃支 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 銃, 銃支 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 銃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 銃 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 銃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 銃, 銃支 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 銃 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 槍 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 銃, 槍 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 槍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 銃 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 銃 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 槍 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 槍 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 槍 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 槍 |
| Wu | Danyang | 槍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 槍 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 槍 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 槍 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 槍 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鞭炮, 爆竹, 爆仗, 炮仗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 炮仗, 炮, 炮銃 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鞭炮, 爆竹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 炮仗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鞭炮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 爆仗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鞭炮, 炮仗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鞭炮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 炮, 鞭炮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 炮仗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鞭炮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鞭炮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 炮仗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 火炮兒, 爆竹, 鞭炮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 炮中, 鞭炮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 炮仗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 炮仗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 炮仗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 炮仗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 炮仗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 炮仗, 連排 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 連排 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 爆仗 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 爆仗 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 炮上 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 紙炮 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 紙炮 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 紙炮 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 炮仗 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 炮仗 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 爆竹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 炮竹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 爆竹 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 紙炮仔, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 炮仗 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 炮仗 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 炮仗 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 炮仗 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 紙炮, 火炮 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 炮仗, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 炮仗, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鞭炮 |
| Hakka | Changting | 炮仗 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鞭炮, 爆竹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 爆竹, 紙炮, 紙炮仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 爆竹, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 爆竹, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 爆竹, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爆竹, 紙炮 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 爆竹, 炮 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 爆仗 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 炮仗 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 爆竹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 炮仗, 炮, 鞭炮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 爆仗, 百仗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 炮仗, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 炮仔, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 炮仔, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 炮仔, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 炮仔, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 炮仔, 炮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 炮 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 炮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 碰鰾 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 炮仗, 炮仔 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 炮仗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 炮竹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炮仗, 鞭炮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 炮仗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 炮仗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 炮仗 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 炮仗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 炮仗 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 炮仗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 炮竹, 鞭子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 爆竹子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 爆竹 |

##### Coordinate terms

* (Chinese chess pieces) 帥 / 帅 (shuài) / 將 / 将 (jiàng), 仕 (shì) / 士 (shì), 相 / 象 (xiàng), 俥 / 伡 / 車 / 车 (jū), 傌 / 㐷 / 馬 / 马 (mǎ), 炮 / 砲 / 炮, 兵 (bīng) / 卒 (zú)

#### Compounds

* 一炮而紅 / 一炮而红 (yīpào'érhóng)
* 亂放炮 / 乱放炮
* 信炮
* 加農炮 / 加农炮 (jiānóngpào)
* 午炮
* 反坦克炮
* 吹大炮 (chuī dàpào)
* 啞炮 / 哑炮
* 嘴炮 (zuǐpào)
* 土炮 (tǔpào)
* 大炮 (dàpào)
* 娘炮 (niángpào)
* 小鋼炮 / 小钢炮
* 平射炮
* 快炮
* 打炮 (dǎpào)
* 打炮戲 / 打炮戏
* 打隔山炮
* 打頭炮 / 打头炮 (dǎtóupào)
* 排炮
* 摔炮
* 攻炮城
* 放冷炮
* 放炮 (fàngpào)
* 放空炮
* 放花炮
* 放鞭炮
* 放響炮 / 放响炮
* 曲射炮
* 榴彈炮 / 榴弹炮 (liúdànpào)
* 榴炮
* 機關炮 / 机关炮 (jīguānpào)
* 步兵炮
* 沖天炮 / 冲天炮
* 火炮 (huǒpào)
* 火箭炮 (huǒjiànpào)
* 炮仗 (pàozhang)
* 炮位
* 炮兵 (pàobīng)
* 炮兵學校 / 炮兵学校
* 炮口
* 炮塔 (pàotǎ)
* 炮壘 / 炮垒
* 炮子兒 / 炮子儿
* 炮山河 (Pàoshān Hé)
* 炮彈 / 炮弹 (pàodàn)
* 炮戰 / 炮战 (pàozhàn)
* 炮手 (pàoshǒu)
* 炮打燈兒 / 炮打灯儿
* 炮擊 / 炮击 (pàojī)
* 炮操
* 炮樓 / 炮楼 (pàolóu)
* 炮火 (pàohuǒ)
* 炮火連天 / 炮火连天
* 炮灰 (pàohuī)
* 炮目線 / 炮目线
* 炮眼 (pàoyǎn)
* 炮竹 (pàozhú)
* 炮竹紅 / 炮竹红
* 炮筒子
* 炮臺 / 炮台 (pàotái)
* 炮艇
* 炮艦 / 炮舰 (pàojiàn)
* 炮衣
* 炮身
* 炮車 / 炮车
* 炮轟 / 炮轰 (pàohōng)
* 炮銅 / 炮铜
* 炮銃 / 炮铳
* 炮門 / 炮门
* 當頭炮 / 当头炮 (dāngtóupào)
* 盒子炮 (hézipào)
* 禮炮 / 礼炮 (lǐpào)
* 窩裡炮 / 窝里炮
* 窩裡發炮 / 窝里发炮
* 第一炮
* 糖衣炮彈 / 糖衣炮弹 (tángyī pàodàn)
* 船堅炮利 / 船坚炮利 (chuánjiānpàolì)
* 艦炮 / 舰炮
* 花炮 (huāpào)
* 蜂炮
* 起身炮
* 車大炮 / 车大炮
* 軌道炮 / 轨道炮
* 迫擊炮 / 迫击炮
* 連珠炮 / 连珠炮
* 重炮
* 重炮手
* 金門炮戰 / 金门炮战
* 開炮 / 开炮
* 開頭炮 / 开头炮
* 霹靂炮 / 霹雳炮
* 鞭炮 (biānpào)
* 風雷火炮 / 风雷火炮
* 馬後炮 / 马后炮 (mǎhòupào)
* 高射炮 (gāoshèpào)
* 鳴炮 / 鸣炮 (míngpào)
* 鹽水蜂炮 / 盐水蜂炮

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 砲(ほう) (hō)
* → Korean: 포(砲) (po)
* → Vietnamese: pháo (砲)
Others:
* → Tuvan: боо (boo)
* Mongolic:
** → Buryat: буу (buu)
** → Daur: pau
** → Dongxiang: pao
** → Kalmyk: бу (bu)
** → Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠤ (buu) / буу (buu)
* Tungusic:
** → Manchu: ᡦᠣᠣ (poo)
** → Nanai: пао (pao)
** → Orok: пау (pau)
** → Ulch: пау
* → Nivkh: пʼау (pʼau)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páo (pao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paau$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$bau / $^2$bau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páo
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páo
*** Wade–Giles: pʻao$^2$
*** Yale: páu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
*** Palladius: пао (pao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paau$^4$
*** Yale: pàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːu̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bau
*** MiniDict: bau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²³/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$bau
*** MiniDict: bau$^平$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bæ²²³/
* Middle Chinese: baew
Rime :
| Character | 炮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 薄交切 |
| Baxter | baew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠau/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚau/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bau/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨw/ |
| Li Rong | /bau/ |
| Wang Li | /bau/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱau/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | páo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bruː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 炮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 286 |
| Phonetic component | 勹 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 庖 |
| Old Chinese | /*bruː/ |

#### Definitions

炮
* (historical) to wrap hirsute meat with mud and roast it on fire
* (by extension) to roast; to burn
* (traditional Chinese medicine) to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching
* Alternative form of 庖 (páo, “chef”)

#### Compounds

* 依法炮製 / 依法炮制
* 如法炮製 / 如法炮制 (rúfǎpáozhì)
* 炮格
* 炮烙 (páoluò)
* 炮烙之刑
* 炮煉 / 炮炼
* 炮燥
* 炮製 / 炮制 (páozhì)
* 炮鳳烹龍 / 炮凤烹龙 (páofèngpēnglóng)
* 炮鳳煮龍 / 炮凤煮龙 (páofèngzhǔlóng)
* 炮龍烹鳳 / 炮龙烹凤 (páolóngpēngfèng)
* 烹炮
* 烹龍炮鳳 / 烹龙炮凤 (pēnglóngpáofèng)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāo (bao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): baau$^3$ / baau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bao
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^1$
*** Yale: bāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baau$^3$ / baau$^1$
*** Yale: baau / bāau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baau$^3$ / baau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bao$^3$ / bao$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːu̯³³/, /paːu̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

炮
* (cooking) to quick-fry (meat); to sauté
* to dry by heat

#### Compounds

* 炮羊肚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sear
* roast, burn

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)、びょう (byō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: あぶる (aburu, 炮る)

## Korean
### Hanja

炮 • (po) (hangeul 포)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

炮: Hán Nôm readings: pháo, than, bác, bào
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