pao

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3

Definition of pao

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

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.
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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. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of period after opening.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of polyalphaolefin.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

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

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