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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶bau-tsen

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶bau-tsen
    • MiniDict: bau^去 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²² t͡sən⁴⁴/

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• 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)	東 (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	/bɑuH/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑuH/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑuH/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bawH/	/bəwk̚/	/ciajŋH/
Li Rong	/bɑuH/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/bɑuH/	/buk̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑuH/	/bʱuk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	bú	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	buk6	zing3

Noun

暴政

1. 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

• 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) 

1. tyranny

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	政

Noun

暴政 • (pokjeong) (hangeul 폭정)

1. Hanja form^? of 폭정 (“tyranny”).