HSK 5 · Society

鞭炮 biānpào “firecrackers” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 鞭炮 means

  1. firecrackers
  2. string of small firecrackers

Measure word 枚 méi · 一枚鞭炮 yì méi biānpào

How to say 鞭炮

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale鞭biān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale炮pào4th tone, falling

鞭炮 in a sentence

  1. 过春节的时候，很多人放鞭炮。

    Guò Chūnjié de shíhou, hěn duō rén fàng biānpào.

    At Chinese New Year, lots of people let off firecrackers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 外面的鞭炮声太大了，我睡不着。

    Wàimiàn de biānpào shēng tài dà le, wǒ shuì bu zháo.

    The firecrackers outside are so loud that I can’t sleep.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 鞭炮 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 鞭 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
鞭biānwhip or lash
  • 革leather · géMeaning part
  • 便easy · biànSound part

革 hints at the meaning (leather); 便 (biàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with biān.

The character 炮 (pào) with each of its parts in a different colour
炮pàocannon
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with pào.

How to write 鞭炮

鞭 18 strokes · 炮 9 strokes

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鞭炮 (biānpào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 鞭炮 (biānpào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 鞭炮

Words with 鞭

鞭策biāncè · to spur on

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FAQs

鞭炮 (biānpào) means “firecrackers” or “string of small firecrackers”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it biānpào: biān with a 1st tone, then pào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 鞭炮 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 枚 (méi). For example, one firecrackers is 一枚鞭炮 (yì méi biānpào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianpao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鞭炮 from the suggestions. Typing bianpao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鞭炮 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.