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娘炮
niáng pào
Pinyin
Definition
娘炮
-
niáng pào
(slang) effeminate man
sissy
effeminate
Character Decomposition
娘
女
艮
丶
炮
火
勹
巳
Related Words
(20)
姑娘
gū niang
1
girl
2
young woman
3
young lady
4
daughter
5
paternal aunt (old)
6
CL:個|个[gè]
鞭炮
biān pào
1
firecrackers
2
string of small firecrackers
3
CL:枚[méi]
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
1
wife's mother
2
mother-in-law
3
same as 丈母
伴娘
bàn niáng
1
bridesmaid
2
maid of honor
3
matron of honor
大娘
dà niáng
1
(coll.) father's older brother's wife
2
aunt (polite address)
大炮
dà pào
1
big gun
2
cannon
3
artillery
4
one who talks big
5
trad. form 大炮 also used
6
CL:門|门[mén],尊[zūn]
娘
niáng
1
mother
2
young lady
3
(coll.) effeminate
娘娘
niáng niang
1
queen
2
empress
3
imperial concubine
4
Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
5
mother
6
aunt
娘子
niáng zǐ
1
(dialect) form of address for one's wife
2
polite form of address for a woman
娘家
niáng jia
1
married woman's parents' home
度娘
Dù niáng
1
alternative name for Baidu 百度[Bǎi dù]
新娘
xīn niáng
1
bride
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
1
Cinderella
2
a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
炮
bāo
1
to sauté
2
to fry
3
to dry by heating
炮仗
pào zhang
1
firecracker
炮竹
pào zhú
1
firecracker
炮制
páo zhì
1
to concoct
2
to invent
3
to fabricate
4
to produce
5
to process
6
processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
爹娘
diē niáng
1
(dialect) parents
老娘
lǎo niáng
1
my old mother
2
I, this old woman
3
my old lady (colloquial)
4
maternal grandmother
5
midwife
老板娘
lǎo bǎn niáng
1
female proprietor
2
lady boss
3
boss's wife
Idioms
(9)
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
1
to win instant success (idiom)
2
to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
1
to win instant success (idiom)
2
to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
1
lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
1
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
2
fig. the natural order of things
3
something you can't go against
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
1
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2
fig. to follow a set pattern
放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào
1
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
1
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
2
fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
3
to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
1
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
1
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
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