Firecracker in Chinese (Mandarin): 鞭炮 (biānpào)
鞭炮
biānpào
firecracker
- Simplified
- 鞭炮
- Traditional
- 鞭炮
- Pinyin
- biānpào
- Typed as
- bianpao
Use it in a sentence
春节我们放鞭炮。
春節我們放鞭炮。
We set off firecrackers at Spring Festival.
The characters in 鞭炮
鞭
Whip. 革 (leather) is on the left.
18 strokes
炮
Firecracker, cannon. 火 (fire) is on the left.
9 strokes
鞭炮 crack like a whip. Their noise is said to scare away the monster 年 (Nián) at New Year.
More examples with 鞭炮
鞭炮很响。
鞭炮很響。
Biānpào hěn xiǎng.
Firecrackers are loud.
我怕放鞭炮。
Wǒ pà fàng biānpào.
I'm scared of setting off firecrackers.
How to write 鞭炮 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
鞭 18 strokes
炮 9 strokes
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