Pao

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon, moving orthogonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.
  2. 2
    Initialism of period after opening. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of polyalphaolefin. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 炮 (pào).

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