娘炮
niáng pào
Pinyin

Definition

娘炮
 - 
niáng pào
  1. (slang) effeminate man
  2. sissy
  3. effeminate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 classifier: 枚 méi
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as: 丈母
bàn niáng
  1. 1 bridesmaid
  2. 2 maid of honor
  3. 3 matron of honor
dà niáng
  1. 1 (coll.) father's older brother's wife
  2. 2 aunt (polite address)

Idioms (9)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
  1. 1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the natural order of things
  3. 3 something you can't go against
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern