侮辱

Chinese

		insult	disgrace; insult
trad. (侮辱)		侮	辱
simp. #(侮辱)		侮	辱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔrǔ, wǔrù, wūrǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ, ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋ, ㄨ ㄖㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ juk⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vú-yu̍k / vú-yuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bú-jio̍k / bú-lio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhu² rog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔrǔ [Phonetic: wúrǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔrǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ju³
    • Yale: wǔ-rǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuruu
    • Palladius: ужу (užu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɻu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔrù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄖㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔrù
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-ju⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-rù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuruh
    • Palladius: ужу (užu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, non-standard variant in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūrǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄖㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wurǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-ju³
    • Yale: wū-rǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uruu
    • Palladius: ужу (užu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ ɻu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 侮辱 污辱

Note: "wūrǔ" - from contamination by 污辱 (wūrǔ).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ juk⁶
    • Yale: móuh yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-yu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ iug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /vu³¹ i̯uk̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vú-yuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˋ (r)iug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu³ yug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /vu³¹ (j)i̯uk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-jio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bú-jio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwjiok
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziɔk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ziɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-lio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bú-lio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bwliok
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhu² rog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bú jo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bu⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zok̚⁴/

Verb

侮辱

1. to insult; to humiliate

   侮辱人格  ―  wǔrǔ réngé  ―  to commit an affront to someone's dignity

2. (of a man) to behave indecently towards a woman; to molest

Synonyms

• (to insult):

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• 侵辱 (qīnrǔ) (literary)
• 凌辱 (língrǔ)
• 暴辱 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 污
• 污辱 (wūrǔ)
• 糟質 / 糟质 (zou¹ zat¹) (Cantonese)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 羞辱 (xiūrǔ)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to insult”): 尊重 (zūnzhòng)

Derived terms

• 侮辱性
• 公然侮辱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侮	辱
ぶ Grade: S	じょく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
侮辱 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ʑo̞kɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) ぶじょく [bùjókú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

侮(ぶ)辱(じょく) • (bujoku) 

1. an insult

Derived terms

• 侮辱罪

Verb

侮(ぶ)辱(じょく)する • (bujoku suru) transitive suru (stem 侮(ぶ)辱(じょく)し (bujoku shi), past 侮(ぶ)辱(じょく)した (bujoku shita))

1. to insult
   • 2022 May 20, 真山勇一, quotee, “第208回国会　参議院　本会議　第24号　令和4年5月20日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 9 January 2026:

     しかし、権力者を侮辱したと受け取られたら最後、問答無用で逮捕されるというのではとても笑えません。

     Shikashi, kenryoku-sha o bujoku shita to uketorareta-ra saigo, mondō muyō de taiho sareru to iu no de wa totemo warae-masen.

     However, it is no laughing matter when anyone perceived as having insulted someone in authority is subsequently arrested without question.

2. to treat with contempt

Conjugation

Conjugation of "侮辱する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	侮辱し	ぶじょくし	bujoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	侮辱し	ぶじょくし	bujoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	侮辱する	ぶじょくする	bujoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	侮辱する	ぶじょくする	bujoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	侮辱すれ	ぶじょくすれ	bujoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	侮辱せよ¹ 侮辱しろ²	ぶじょくせよ¹ ぶじょくしろ²	bujoku seyo¹ bujoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	侮辱される	ぶじょくされる	bujoku sareru
Causative	侮辱させる 侮辱さす	ぶじょくさせる ぶじょくさす	bujoku saseru bujoku sasu
Potential	侮辱できる	ぶじょくできる	bujoku dekiru
Volitional	侮辱しよう	ぶじょくしよう	bujoku shiyō
Negative	侮辱しない	ぶじょくしない	bujoku shinai
Negative continuative	侮辱せず	ぶじょくせず	bujoku sezu
Formal	侮辱します	ぶじょくします	bujoku shimasu
Perfective	侮辱した	ぶじょくした	bujoku shita
Conjunctive	侮辱して	ぶじょくして	bujoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	侮辱すれば	ぶじょくすれば	bujoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “侮辱”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
侮	辱

Noun

侮辱 • (moyok) (hangeul 모욕)

1. hanja form^? of 모욕 (“insult”)