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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 炮弹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
炮弹 pào dàn - artillery shell
- CL:枚[mei2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,842 12,023 24,697

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bāo- to sauté
- to fry
- to dry by heating
páo- to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào- cannon
- CL:座[zuo4]
- firecracker
pào- variant of 炮[pao4]
dàn- crossball
- bullet
- shot
- shell
- ball
tán- to pluck (a string)
- to play (a string instrument)
- to spring or leap
- to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)
- (of cotton) to fluff or tease
- to flick
- to flip
- to accuse
- to impeach
- elastic (of materials)

Other Words Containing 炮弹

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
炮弹 - - 8,842 12,023 24,697
糖衣炮弹 - - 68,691 59,870 -