加农炮 (jiā nóng pào) — cannon (type of artillery)

Definition

A type of large artillery cannon, named for its straight (long-barreled) firing trajectory. More powerful and longer-ranged than ordinary field guns.

noun

cannon (type of artillery)

Measure word · 门

Examples

加农炮。
Zhè ge bó wù guǎn lǐ yǒu yì mén gǔ lǎo de jiā nóng pào.
This museum has an old cannon.
，加农炮。
Lì shǐ shàng, jiā nóng pào céng guǎng fàn yòng yú zhàn zhēng.
Historically, cannons were widely used in wars.
加农炮。
Shì bīng men yòng jiā nóng pào shè jī yuǎn chù de mù biāo.
The soldiers used cannons to shoot targets far away.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

加农cannon

加jiāphonetic农nóngphonetic

音译Transliteration

炮pàogun

The word uses 加农 to sound out cannon and 炮 to mean gun.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

力口加

力力lìstrength
口口kǒumouth

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

林林línvegetation
辰辰chénhoe

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

Open 农 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

火包炮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

火火huǒ

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

包bāo炮pào

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

炮 combines 火 and 包; 包 supplies the sound.

Open 炮 →

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