砲

pào

large gun, cannon; artillery

How to write 砲, stroke by stroke

to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating; to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan); cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮

Pictophonetic: semantic 石 (stone), phonetic 包

Made of 石 + 包

大砲dà pàobig gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big
炮彈pào dànartillery shell
炮火pào huǒartillery barrage; gunfire
火砲huǒ pàocannon; gun; artillery
開砲kāi pàoto open fire
打炮dǎ pàoto open fire with artillery; to set off firecrackers; to make one's stage debut; (slang) to have sex; to masturbate
炮兵pào bīngartillery soldier; gunner
砲擊pào jīto shell; to bombard; bombardment
娘炮niáng pào(slang) effeminate man; sissy; effeminate
槍砲qiāng pàofirearm
迫擊炮pǎi jī pàomortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4]
砲手pào shǒugunner; artillery crew

我們一直是很好的炮友。
wǒ men yì zhí shì hěn hǎo de pào yǒu 。
We were always very good fuck buddies.
我不是想要老婆，我想找個炮友而已。
wǒ bú shì xiǎng yào lǎo pó ， wǒ xiǎng zhǎo gè pào yǒu ér yǐ 。
It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.
最後我成功和那個女孩成為了炮友關係。
zuì hòu wǒ chéng gōng hé nà ge nǚ hái chéng wéi le pào yǒu guān xì 。
In the end, I did manage to become friends with benefits with that girl.