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
Min Dong (BUC): bô̤-lĭk
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pō-le̍k / po̍k-le̍k / po̍k-lia̍k
(Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ lag⁸

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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    暴利
    暴力
    暴厲／暴厉
    暴吏
    暴戾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bô̤-lĭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃iʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

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

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

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Synonyms of 暴力

暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
毒辣 (dúlà)
狠心 (hěnxīn)
狠毒 (hěndú)
酷烈 (kùliè)
陰功／阴功 (Cantonese)
黑心 (hēixīn)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
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)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài)

嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
惡劣／恶劣 (èliè)
惡勢／恶势 (Min Nan)
惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘／粗残 (Min Nan)
野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)

Derived terms

家庭暴力 (jiātíng bàolì)
性暴力 (xìngbàolì)
暴力片

暴恐 (bàokǒng)
暴力傾向／暴力倾向 (bàolì qīngxiàng)
暴力遊戲／暴力游戏

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])[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

暴(ぼう)力(りょく) • (bōryoku)

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.

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力 • (pongnyeok) (hangeul 폭력)

Hanja form^? of 폭력 (“violence”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力

chữ Hán form of bạo lực (“violence”).

[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN