霸道

See also: 覇道

Chinese

		feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (霸道)		霸	道
simp. ^#(霸道)		霸	道

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàdào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàdào
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: bà-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahdaw
  - Palladius: бадао (badao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Noun

霸道

rule by might (as opposed to the way of a legitimate king who practices benevolent governance); governance in a despotic way

Antonyms

王道 (wángdào)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàdào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pa-tho
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pà-tō / pà-tō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ba³ dao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵po-dau; ⁵pa-dau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàdào → bàdao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàdåo
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴-tao⁵
  - Yale: bà-dau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.daw
  - Palladius: бадао (badao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /pä⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baa³ dou⁶
  - Yale: ba douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ba³ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pa-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: ba to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ba⁴ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pa⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-tō
  - Tâi-lô: pà-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pardoi
  - IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pa²¹⁻⁴² to²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: pà-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pardo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ba³ dao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pà tău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵po-dau; ⁵pa-dau
  - MiniDict: po^去 dau; pa^去 dau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²po-dau; ²pa-dau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /po³³ dɔ⁴⁴/, /pa³³ dɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

霸道

(of a person, method, etc.) overbearing; high-handed
這人真霸道，一點兒道理也不講。 [MSC, trad.]
这人真霸道，一点儿道理也不讲。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè rén zhēn bàdao, yīdiǎnr dàolǐ yě bù jiǎng. [Pinyin]
This person is overbearing and refuses to talk any sense.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 壓霸／压霸 (ah-pà)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàdao, bàdào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄠ, ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàdao
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ˙ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàdåo
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴-tao⁵
  - Yale: bà-dau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bah.dau
  - Palladius: бадао (badao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàdào
  - Wade–Giles: pa⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: bà-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahdaw
  - Palladius: бадао (badao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Adjective

霸道

(colloquial, of medicine, alcohol, etc.) strong; potent