炮手 (pào shǒu) — gunner; artilleryman | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

gunnerartilleryman

Measure word · 个

炮手。
Nà wèi pào shǒu zài yǎn xí zhōng biǎo xiàn fēi cháng chū sè.
That gunner performed very well during the exercise.
炮手。
Tā shì yì míng jīng yàn fēng fù de pào shǒu.
He is an experienced artilleryman.
炮手。
pào shǒu Xū yào kuài sù zhǔn què dì zhuāng tián dàn yào.
A gunner needs to load ammunition quickly and accurately.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

炮 names the cannon, and 手 points to the person who works with it, giving gunner.

Characters in this word

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

包

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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