炮

pào

HSK 64 readings

“To sauté” in Chinese is 炮 (pào).

Other characters with the syllable pao: see all 6 →

Meaning

to sauté
to fry
to dry by heating

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to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
cannon
firecracker
variant of 炮[pao4]

Example

事情已经定下来了，我们再怎么努力也无济于事了，一切都是马后炮了。

The matter can't be changed. No matter how hard we try, everything is fruitless.

From 马后炮 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

páoto prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pàocannon / firecracker / variant of 炮
bāoto sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 炮

鞭炮biānpàofirecrackersHSK 7-9 马后炮mǎhòupào(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse awayHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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