大炮

See also: 大砲

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (大炮/大砲)		大	炮/砲
simp. (大炮)		大	炮
alternative forms		大礮／大炮 大奅 “braggart”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ paau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-phàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàpào
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: dà-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahpaw
    • Palladius: дапао (dapao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ paau³
    • Yale: daaih paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pʰaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-phàu
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-phàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxphaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ pʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² pʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ pʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ pʰau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ pʰau²¹/

Noun

大炮

1. cannon; mounted gun (Classifier: 尊 m)
2. (figurative) braggart; boaster
3. (figurative, slang) camera with a telephoto lens

Synonyms

• (cannon): (Hokkien) 大銃／大铳, 大龍熕／大龙𬊎
• (braggart):

• 吹牛大王 (chuīniú dàwáng)
• 大炮仙 (dàpàoxiān) (Malaysia, Singapore)
• 牛皮大王 (niúpí dàwáng)
• 老牛三 (⁶lau-gnieu-se) (Wu)
• 老牛屄 (⁶lau-gnieu-pi) (Wu)
• 風神／风神 (Hokkien)
• 風龜神／风龟神 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 吹大炮 (chuī dàpào)
• 大炮仙 (dàpàoxiān)
• 大炮佬
• 大炮友
• 車大炮／车大炮