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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 炮手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
炮手 pào shǒu - gunner
- artillery crew

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
- - 22,389 45,074 66,683

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]
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 炮手

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
炮手 - - 22,389 45,074 66,683