粵

操cou1炮paau3

cou1 paau3cāo pàoinferred

English

  1. to conduct live-fire exercise with crew-served weapons

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 操練重型武器,包括迫擊炮、榴彈炮、火箭炮等等

Examples

  • 青山操炮區

    Tsing Shan Firing Range

  • 以前英軍喺牛尾海一帶操炮,影響滘西漁民嘅生計。

    The area around Port Shelter was used to be a firing range by the British army. The livelihood of fishermen on Kau Sai was affected.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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