炮

娘炮

niáng pào

(slang) effeminate man

炮灰

pào huī

cannon fodder

炮制

páo zhì

to concoct

炮塔

pào tǎ

gun turret

连珠炮

lián zhū pào

barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)

重炮

zhòng pào

heavy artillery

野炮

yě pào

field artillery

长枪短炮

cháng qiāng duǎn pào

camera (jocular)

开炮

kāi pào

to open fire

开门炮

kāi mén pào

firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)

马后炮

mǎ hòu pào

(fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late

高射炮

gāo shè pào

anti-aircraft gun