炮灰

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炮灰

pàohuī Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄆㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟ Mandarin, Bopomofo
paau³ fui¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
phàu-her Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
phàu-he Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
phàu-hoe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
pàohuī Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄆㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
pàohuei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
pʻao⁴-hui¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
pàu-hwēi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
pawhuei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
паохуэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
paau³ fui¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
paau fūi Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
pao³ fui¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/pʰaːu̯³³ fuːi̯⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
phàu-her Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
/pʰau̯⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hə³³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
phàu-he Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
phao'hef Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
/pʰau̯²¹⁻⁵³ he⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
phàu-hoe Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
phàu-hue Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
phao'hoef Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
/pʰau̯²¹⁻⁵³ hu̯e⁴⁴/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou

noun 砲灰

figuratively 在战争中被视为消耗品或牺牲品的士兵

In English

cannon fodder military forces considered to be expendable

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {炮灰},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%82%AE%E7%81%B0},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}