暴利

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (暴利)		暴	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-lī / pō-lī

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• 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:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 暴利 暴力 暴厲／暴厉 暴吏 暴戾

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ lei⁶
    • Yale: bouh leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lei̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大智 暴利 暴吏

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lī
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogli
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō-lī
    • Tâi-lô: pō-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poixli
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /po²²⁻²¹ li²²/

Noun

暴利

1. windfall profit

Usage notes

Generally implies profits gained illegally or improperly.

Derived terms

• 暴利稅／暴利税 (bàolìshuì)