強力部門

Chinese

		strong; powerful; strength	department; branch; section department; branch; section; division; agency; sector
trad. (強力部門)		強力	部門
simp. (强力部门)		强力	部门
Literally: “powerful agency/agencies”.

Etymology

Calque of Russian силовик (silovik).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánglì bùmén

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koeng⁴ lik⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánglì bùmén
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánglì bùmén
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiang²-li⁴ pu⁴-mên²
  - Yale: chyáng-lì bù-mén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanglih buhmen
  - Palladius: цянли бумэнь (cjanli bumɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ mən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: koeng⁴ lik⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴
  - Yale: kèuhng lihk bouh mùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koeng⁴ lik⁹ bou⁶ mun⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kêng⁴ lig⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰœːŋ²¹ lɪk̚² pou̯²² muːn²¹/

Noun

強力部門

silovik
(by extension) the security services and law enforcement agencies