暴走族

Chinese

		to walk tirelessly; to go for a long hike; to trudge	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (暴走族)		暴走	族
simp. ^#(暴走族)		暴走	族

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 暴走族(ぼうそうぞく) (bōsōzoku).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàozǒuzú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàozǒuzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàozǒuzú
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-tsou³-tsu²
  - Yale: bàu-dzǒu-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawtzooutzwu
  - Palladius: баоцзоуцзу (baoczouczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

Noun

暴走族

(neologism) bosozoku gang

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴	走	族
ぼう Grade: 5	そう Grade: 2	ぞく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

暴(ぼう)走(そう)族(ぞく) • (bōsōzoku)

bosozoku gang (a motorcycle gang which is part of the bosozoku subculture, associated with customized motorcycles and riding together in large groups)

See also

珍走団(ちんそうだん) (chinsōdan)