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

(Hailu, HRS): pau^ˇ lid^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): bô̤-lĭk
Southern Min
(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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: bouh lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: pau lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ lid⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pau^ˇ lid^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰau¹¹ lit²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bô̤-lĭk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃iʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (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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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)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷 / 严酷 (yánkù)
強暴 / 强暴 (qiángbào)
忍 (rěn) (literary)
惡勢 / 恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
惡毒 / 恶毒 (èdú)
惡狠狠 / 恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
橫逆 / 横逆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
殘 / 残 (cán) (literary, or in compounds)
殘忍 / 残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴 / 残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷 / 残酷 (cánkù)
毒辣 (dúlà)
烏心 / 乌心 (Min Nan)
狠心 (hěnxīn)
狠毒 (hěndú)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘 / 粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
野蠻 / 野蛮 (yěmán)
陰功 / 阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
險惡 / 险恶 (xiǎn'è)
黑心 (hēixīn)

Derived terms

冷暴力 (lěngbàolì)
家庭暴力 (jiātíng bàolì)
性暴力 (xìngbàolì)
暴力傾向 / 暴力倾向 (bàolì qīngxiàng)
暴力片
暴力狂 (bàolìkuáng)
暴力遊戲 / 暴力游戏
暴恐 (bàokǒng)

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): [bo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

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.

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力 • (pongnyeok) (hangeul 폭력)

hanja form^? of 폭력 (“violence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力

chữ Hán form of bạo lực (“violence”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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