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Pao
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 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 Initialism of period after opening. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of polyalphaolefin. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Etymology
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 炮 (pào).
See also for "pao"
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