pao

P3A1O1

noun

A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon, moving orthogonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.

Less commonScrabble 5
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

pao1

nounpao (plural paos)

plural paos

  1. board gamesA fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon, moving orthogonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.

Pao2

proper nounPao (plural Paos)

plural Paos

  1. A surname.

PAO3

nounPAO (plural PAOs)

plural PAOs · alternative PαO

  1. abbreviationinitialismcosmeticsInitialism of period after opening.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of polyalphaolefin.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
baozipolyalphaolefinsangza

Origin

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

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

apopoaopa
Cite this entry
APA

pao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pao

MLA

“pao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pao. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pao,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pao.

Source: pao on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.