炮

• 拼音: pào
• 汉字拆解: 炮 = 火 (fire) + 包 (wrap/phonetic). Fire-based weapon.

含义

Cannon; artillery; firecracker; gun salute.

Refers to large guns or artillery (大炮), firecrackers (鞭炮, 放炮), or metaphorically to outspoken criticism (开炮 = fire criticism). In Chinese chess, 炮 is the cannon piece. Also used in: 炮火 (gunfire), 炮弹 (shell/projectile).

例句

1. 春节的时候，家家户户都在放鞭炮，热闹极了。
2. 博物馆里展出了几门清朝时期的古炮。
3. 会议上他第一个开炮，直接批评了部门的工作效率。

用法指南

语境: military, celebrations, metaphorical criticism

语气: varies

正确说法

• 放鞭炮。(Set off firecrackers.)
• 他开炮了。(He fired criticism. — figurative)

错误说法

• 把炮pào和炮páo混淆 (pào is cannon; páo as in 炮制 means to prepare medicine)

起源与历史

Originally 砲 with 石 (stone), referring to stone-throwing siege weapons. Later changed to 炮 with 火 (fire) for gunpowder weapons.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal