炮

bāo · bao/páo · pao/pào · pao

Traditional 砲

Meaning

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bāo 炮

  1. to sauté
  2. to fry
  3. to dry by heating

páo 炮

  1. to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

pào 炮

  1. cannon
  2. CL:座 (zuò)
  3. firecracker

pào 砲

  1. variant of 炮 (pào)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

厨(chú)师(shī)把(bǎ)肉(ròu)片(piàn)放(fàng)进(jìn)热(rè)油(yóu)里(lǐ)炮(bāo)一(yí)下(xià)。

The chef quickly sautéed the meat slices in hot oil.

02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)草(cǎo)药(yào)需(xū)要(yào)炮(páo)制(zhì)后(hòu)才(cái)能(néng)入(rù)药(yào)。

This herb needs to be prepared by roasting before it can be used as medicine.

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