放炮

See also: 放砲

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (放炮/放砲)		放	炮/砲
simp. (放炮)		放	炮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ paau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pàng-phàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngpào
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: fàng-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqpaw
    • Palladius: фанпао (fanpao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ paau³
    • Yale: fong paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ pʰaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàng-phàu
    • Tâi-lô: pàng-phàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parngphaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ pʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ pʰau²¹/

Verb

放炮

1. to fire a cannon; to shoot off a gun; to launch a flare
2. to set off a firecracker
3. to shoot off one's mouth
4. (mahjong) to discard a tile that another player uses to complete their hand to win

Synonyms

• (to fire a cannon; to set off a firecracker): 打炮 (dǎpào); (Hakka) 放紙炮／放纸炮
• (mahjong): 放槍／放枪, 點炮／点炮, 點和／点和, 放銃／放铳, (Cantonese) 出銃／出铳