破壞

破壞

See also: 破坏 and 破壊

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (破壞)		破	壞
simp. (破坏)		破	坏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòhuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ waai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-fái
• Min Nan (POJ): phò͘-hoāi / phò-hoāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pòhuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohhuay
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ waai⁶
    • Yale: po waaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ waai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ wai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ wäːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-fái
    • Hakka Romanization System: po fai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: po⁴ fai³
    • IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ fai̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-hoāi
    • Tâi-lô: phòo-huāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phorhoai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hoāi
    • Tâi-lô: phò-huāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhoai
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ huai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ huai²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ huai³³/

Verb

破壞

1. to damage; to destroy; to ruin; to vandalize; to sabotage

   破壞公物 / 破坏公物  ―  pòhuài gōngwù  ―  to damage public property

   破壞生產 / 破坏生产  ―  pòhuài shēngchǎn  ―  to sabotage production

2. to eliminate; to get rid of
3. to violate

Synonyms

• (damage): (archaic) 決裂／决裂 (juéliè)

Antonyms

• (damage): 保護／保护 (bǎohù)

Noun

破壞

1. damage; destruction; ruin; vandalism; sabotage
2. elimination
3. violation

Derived terms

破壞性／破坏性 (pòhuàixìng)