开炮

开炮	kāi pào	to open fire
开	kāi	to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format
炮	bāo	to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating
炮	páo	to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
炮	pào	cannon / CL:座 / firecracker
炮	pào	variant of 炮