暴力

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (暴力)		暴	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lik⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau-li̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): bô̤-lĭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pō-le̍k / po̍k-le̍k / po̍k-lia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ lag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàolì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàolì
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: bàu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawlih
    • Palladius: баоли (baoli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: bouh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bô̤-lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃iʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pō-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poixlek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poglek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴/

Noun

暴力

1. violence; brutality; force

   校園暴力／校园暴力  ―  xiàoyuán bàolì  ―  campus violence

   警察暴力  ―  jǐngchá bàolì  ―  police brutality

   施加暴力  ―  shījiā bàolì  ―  to be violent

   訴諸暴力／诉诸暴力  ―  sùzhū bàolì  ―  to resort to violence

Synonyms

• 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
• 武力 (wǔlì)

Adjective

暴力

1. violent; brutal; forceful

   暴力革命  ―  bàolì gémìng  ―  violent revolution

   很黃很暴力／很黄很暴力  ―  hěn huáng hěn bàolì  ―  sexually explicit and violent

   被暴力脅迫賣淫的婦女 [MSC, trad.]
   被暴力胁迫卖淫的妇女 [MSC, simp.]

   bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ [Pinyin]

   women who are violently coerced into prostitution

Synonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán)
• 兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
• 兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
• 兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
• 凶暴 (xiōngbào)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
• 強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
• 忍 (rěn) (literary)
• 惡勢／恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
• 惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
• 暴虐 (bàonüè)
• 暴躁 (bàozào)
• 殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
• 殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
• 殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
• 殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
• 毒辣 (dúlà)
• 烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)
• 狠毒 (hěndú)
• 狠狠 (hěnhěn)
• 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
• 粗殘／粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 辣 (là)
• 酷烈 (kùliè)
• 野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
• 陰功／阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
• 險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
• 黑心 (hēixīn)

 

Derived terms

• 冷暴力 (lěngbàolì)
• 家庭暴力 (jiātíng bàolì)
• 性暴力 (xìngbàolì)
• 暴力傾向／暴力倾向 (bàolì qīngxiàng)
• 暴力片
• 暴力狂 (bàolìkuáng)
• 暴力遊戲／暴力游戏
• 暴恐 (bàokǒng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴	力
ぼう Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼ​ーりょく [bóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

暴(ぼう)力(りょく) • (bōryoku) 

1. violence (especially criminal), force

   暴力(ぼうりょく)で言(い)うことを聞(き)かせる。

   Bōryoku de iu koto o kikaseru.

   They exact obedience through force.

Antonyms

• 平和 (“peace”)

Derived terms

• 暴力団(ぼうりょくだん) (bōryokudan, “violent gang”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力 • (pongnyeok) (hangeul 폭력)

1. Hanja form^? of 폭력 (“violence”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力

1. chữ Hán form of bạo lực (“violence”).