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开炮 (kāi pào): To fire a cannon (verb phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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开炮 consists of 2 characters.

开 • kāi • to switch on; open • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

kāi开

to switch on; open

炮 • pào • cannon, artillery; firecracker • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

pào炮

cannon, artillery; firecracker

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Pinyinkāi pào

Meaningto fire a cannon; to criticize harshly

Characters2

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Syntaxverb phrase

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Example Sentences with 开炮

Jūn军

duì队

xiàng向

dí敌

rén人

kāi开

pào炮

。

The army fired cannons at the enemy.

Jì记

zhě者

zài在

xīn新

wén闻

fā发

bù布

huì会

shàng上

xiàng

Tā他

zài在

huì会

yì议

shàng上

duì对

zhèng政

cè策

kāi开

pào

向

guān官

yuán员

kāi开

pào炮

。

The journalist fired sharp questions at the official during the press conference.

炮

，

pī批

píng评

de得

hěn很

yán严

lì厉

。

He harshly criticized the policy at the meeting.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 开炮.

Words with 开

开车kāi chēto drive a car
开始kāi shǐto begin
开学kāi xuéfoundation of a University or College
打开dǎ kāito open
分开fēn kāito separate
开会kāi huìto hold a meeting
开机kāi jīto start an engine
开花kāi huāto bloom; to blossom; to flower

Words with 炮

鞭炮biān pàofirecrackers
马后炮mǎ hòu pàoMonday morning quarterbacking / Hindsight
大炮dà pàocannon; artillery
枪炮qiāng pàoguns and cannons; firearms
火炮

huǒ pào

artillery; cannon

炮兵pào bīngartillery; artilleryman

炮击pào jīartillery bombardment

炮弹pào dànshell; cannonball