| 打炮 |
dǎ pào |
to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
| 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 |