暴政

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	political; politics; government
simp. and trad. (暴政)		暴	政

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàozhèng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zing³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-chèng / pō-chèng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bau-tsen

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàozhèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄓㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàojhèng
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-chêng⁴
  - Yale: bàu-jèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawjenq
  - Palladius: баочжэн (baočžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ zing³
  - Yale: bouh jing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ jing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-chèng
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pogzexng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō-chèng
  - Tâi-lô: pō-tsìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poixzexng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bau-tsen
  - MiniDict: bau^去 tsen
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau-tsen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²² t͡sən⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: bawH|buwk tsyengH

Rime
Character	暴	暴	政
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	屋 (3)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	薄報切	蒲木切	之盛切
Baxter	bawH	buwk	tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑu^H/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑu^H/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑu^H/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiæŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baw^H/	/bəwk̚/	/ciajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/bɑu^H/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛŋ^H/
Wang Li	/bɑu^H/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑu^H/	/bʱuk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	bú	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou⁶	buk⁶	zing³

Noun

暴政

tyranny; tyrannical government; despotism
- 儒有忠信以為甲胄，禮義以為干櫓；戴仁而行，抱義而處，雖有暴政，不更其所。其自立有如此者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  儒有忠信以为甲胄，礼义以为干橹；戴仁而行，抱义而处，虽有暴政，不更其所。其自立有如此者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Book of Rites, Chapter "Conduct of the Scholar", circa 4th - 2nd B.C.E.
  Rú yǒu zhōngxìn yǐ wèi jiǎzhòu, lǐyì yǐ wèi gānlǔ; dài rén ér xíng, bào yì ér chù, suī yǒu bàozhèng, bù gèng qí suǒ. Qí zì lì yǒu rú cǐ zhě. [Pinyin]
  The scholar considers leal-heartedness and good faith to be his coat-of-mail and helmet; propriety and righteousness to be his shield and buckler; he walks along, bearing aloft over his head benevolence; he dwells, holding righteousness in his arms before him; the government may be violently oppressive, but he does not change his course - such is the way in which he maintains himself.

Synonyms

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苛政 (kēzhèng) (literary)
虐政 (nüèzhèng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暴政):

→ Japanese: 暴政(ぼうせい) (bōsei)
→ Korean: 폭정(暴政) (pokjeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴	政
ぼう Grade: 5	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

暴(ぼう)政(せい) • (bōsei)

tyranny

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	政

Noun

暴政 • (pokjeong) (hangeul 폭정)

hanja form^? of 폭정 (“tyranny”)