炮聲

Chinese

		cannon; gun; firecracker	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (炮聲/砲聲)		炮/砲	聲
simp. (炮声)		炮	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ ㄕㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàosheng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: pàu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pawsheng
    • Palladius: паошэн (paošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

炮聲

1. sound of artillery; roar of guns

   • 偏遠地區聽不到炮聲的人們，至今還是靜悄悄地在那裡過活。 [MSC, trad.]
     偏远地区听不到炮声的人们，至今还是静悄悄地在那里过活。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Piānyuǎn dìqū tīng bu dào pàoshēng de rénmen, zhìjīn háishì jìngqiāoqiāo de zài nàlǐ guòhuó. [Pinyin]

     Even now the people in the remoter regions beyond the noise of the guns are carrying on quietly as usual.