Editing Xiangqi (section)

====Cannon====
[[Image:Xiangqi Cannon (Trad).svg|180px|The cannons|left]][[Image:XiangqiCannonJumpToCapture.png|thumb|147px|The long-range threat of the cannon]]
'''Cannons''' are labelled 砲 {{Audio|zh-pao4.ogg|''pào''|help=no}} ("[[catapult]]") for Black and [[Wikt:炮|炮]] ''pào'' ("cannon") for Red. The names are [[homophone]]s, though sometimes 炮 is used for both Red and Black. The 石 ''shí'' [[radical (Chinese characters)|radical]] of 砲 means "stone", and the 火 ''huǒ'' radical of 炮 means "fire". Both colours' pieces are normally referred to as cannons in English. The black piece is sometimes labelled [[Wikt:包|包]] bāo.

Each player has two cannons, which start on the row behind the soldiers, two points in front of the horses. Cannons move like chariots, any distance orthogonally without jumping, but can only capture by jumping a single piece of either colour along the path of attack. The piece over which the cannon jumps is called the 炮臺 (trad.) / 炮台 (simp.) ''pào tái'' ("cannon platform" or "screen"). Any number of unoccupied spaces, including none, may exist between the cannon, screen, and the piece to be captured. Cannons can be exchanged for horses immediately from their starting positions.<ref name="pieces"/>