Chinese symbol for “bombardment”
炮击
pào jī
Traditional: 炮擊
to shell; to bombard; bombardment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bombardment is 炮击 (pào jī), defined as: to shell; to bombard; bombardment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 炮击.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大炮 (大砲) | dà pào | big gun; cannon |
| 炮弹 (炮彈) | pào dàn | artillery shell; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 火炮 | huǒ pào | cannon; gun |
| 攻击 (攻擊) | gōng jī | to attack; to accuse |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 袭击 (襲擊) | xí jī | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 射击 (射擊) | shè jī | to shoot; to fire (a gun) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bombardment”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.