# 打炮
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dǎpào
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daa$^2$ paau$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎpào
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎpào
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^3$-pʻao$^4$
*** Yale: dǎ-pàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daapaw
*** Palladius: дапао (dapao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daa$^2$ paau$^3$
*** Yale: dá paau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daa$^2$ paau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: da$^2$ pao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /taː³⁵ pʰaːu̯³³/

### Verb

打炮
* to fire a cannon; to shoot off a gun; to launch a flare
* to set off a firecracker
* (dated) to make one's stage debut
* (slang) to jerk off; to masturbate
* (slang) to have casual sex; to have sex with a fuck buddy
* (slang) to consort with prostitutes; to solicit prostitutes

#### Synonyms

* (to fire a cannon): 放炮 (fàngpào)
* (to set off a firecracker): 放炮 (fàngpào)
* (to jerk off):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 打手槍, 打飛機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 擼鴨子, 擼管兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 打手銃 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 打飛機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 打手銃, 打飛機 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 打水銃 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 摸𡳞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 搞𡳞 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 搞𡳞 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打手槍 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打手銃 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打手銃, 洩手銃 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 耍㞗兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦草屩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 拍手銃 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 敲手銃 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 拍手銃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搓卵 dated |
| Wu | Ningbo | 打手銃 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 打手銃 |
* (to have casual sex): 濫交／滥交 (lànjiāo), 亂交／乱交 (luànjiāo), 約炮／约炮 (yuēpào)
* (to consort with prostitutes):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 冶遊 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 逛窯子, 打野雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫖妓, 打炮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嫖妓, 叫雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 逛窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嫖妓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鑽狗洞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 逮貓兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嫖騇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 嫖媽媽, 打野食 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 叫雞 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 開細妹 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 屌細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 開細妹仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 開細妹仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 打茶會 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 逛窯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𢫦炮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嫖白面, 食雞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 開查某, 開銷 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 開查某 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 叫雞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 放娘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 搵雞, 嫖老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 嫖騇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 打野雞, 斬鹹肉 |
| Wu | Danyang | 打野雞 |

#### See also

* 炮友／砲友 (pàoyǒu, “casual sex partner; friend with benefits”)