打炮

See also: 打砲

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	cannon; gun; firecracker
trad. (打炮/打砲)		打	炮/砲
simp. (打炮)		打	炮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎpào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² paau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎpào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄆㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǎpào
  - Wade–Giles: ta³-pʻao⁴
  - Yale: dǎ-pàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daapaw
  - Palladius: дапао (dapao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daa² paau³
  - Yale: dá paau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daa² paau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: da² pao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ pʰaːu̯³³/

Verb

打炮

to fire a cannon; to shoot off a gun; to launch a flare
to set off a firecracker
(dated) to make one's stage debut
(slang) to jerk off; to masturbate
(slang) to have casual sex; to have sex with a fuck buddy
(slang) to consort with prostitutes; to solicit prostitutes

Synonyms

(to fire a cannon): 放炮 (fàngpào)
(to set off a firecracker): 放炮 (fàngpào)
(to jerk off):

Dialectal synonyms of 手淫 (“(of a male) to masturbate; to jerk off”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		手淫, 自慰, 自瀆, 自撫, 自淫
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打手槍, 打槍, 尻槍, 尻手槍, 尻尻, 尻, 自慰, DIY
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	打手槍, 打飛機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	擼鴨子, 擼管兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	打手銃
Cantonese	Hong Kong	打飛機, 打J, J, 打丁, 搵五姑娘, DIY
Cantonese	Singapore (Guangfu)	打飛機
Hakka	Meixian	打手銃
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	打手銃, 打飛機
	Huidong (Daling)	打手銃
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打水銃
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	摸𡳞
	Changting	打手銃
	Wuping	搞𡳞
	Wuping (Pingyu)	搞𡳞
	Liancheng	打手銃
	Yudu	打手銃
	Ruijin	打手銃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打手銃
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打手銃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打手槍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打手銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打手銃, 洩手銃
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打手銃, 洩手銃
Jin	Pingyao	耍㞗兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦草屩
Southern Min	Xiamen	拍手銃
	Quanzhou	拍手銃
	Zhangzhou	拍手銃
	Zhao'an	拍手銃
	Taipei (Wanhua)	拍手銃
	Kaohsiung	拍手銃
	Yilan	拍手銃
	Changhua (Lukang)	拍手銃
	Taichung	拍手銃
	Taichung (Wuqi)	拍手銃
	Tainan	拍手銃
	Taitung	拍手銃
	Hsinchu	拍手銃
	Penghu (Magong)	拍手銃
	Penang (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Manila (Hokkien)	拍手銃
	Jieyang	敲手銃
	Leizhou	拍手銃
Wu	Shanghai	搓卵 dated
Wu	Ningbo	打手銃
Xiang	Loudi	打手銃

(to have casual sex): 濫交／滥交 (lànjiāo), 亂交／乱交 (luànjiāo), 約炮／约炮 (yuēpào)
(to consort with prostitutes):

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖娼 (“to visit prostitutes”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		冶遊
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫖娼, 嫖妓, 狎妓, 宿娼
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	逛窯子, 打野雞
	Taiwan	嫖妓, 打炮
	Harbin	逛窯子, 打兔兒, 打兔子
	Singapore	嫖妓, 叫雞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	逛窯子
	Xining	嫖妓
	Xuzhou	鑽狗洞
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	逮貓兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	嫖騇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嫖媽媽, 打野食
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嫖老舉, 嫖騇, 叫雞, 食雞
	Hong Kong	叫雞, 召妓, 撳鐘仔, call G
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叫雞
Hakka	Changting	睡鴨子, 搞鴨子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	開細妹
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	屌細妹仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	開細妹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	開細妹仔
Huizhou	Jixi	打茶會
Jin	Xinzhou	逛窯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦炮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫖白面, 食雞
Southern Min	Xiamen	開查某, 開銷
	Quanzhou	開查某, 開銷
	Zhangzhou	開查某, 開銷
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	開查某
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	開查某
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	開查某
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	開查某
	Yilan (Toucheng)	開查某
	Tainan	開查某
	Tainan (Anping)	開查某
	Penghu (Xiyu)	開查某
	Singapore (Hokkien)	叫雞
	Leizhou	放娘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	搵雞, 嫖老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫖騇
Wu	Shanghai	打野雞, 斬鹹肉
Wu	Danyang	打野雞