壓霸

壓霸

Chinese

		to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (壓霸)		壓	霸
simp. (压霸)		压	霸
alternative forms		鴨霸／鸭霸 惡霸／恶霸

Etymology

Originally Min Nan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yābà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄅㄚˋ

• Min Nan (POJ): ah-pà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yābà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄅㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yabà
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-pa⁴
    • Yale: yā-bà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iabah
    • Palladius: яба (jaba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ pä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ah-pà
    • Tâi-lô: ah-pà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ahpax
    • IPA (Taipei): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pa¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pa²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pa²¹/

Adjective

壓霸

1. (chiefly Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Mandarin) rude and unreasonable

Synonyms

• (Mandarin) 霸道 (bàdào)

Further reading

• “Entry #12218”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.