暴力

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (暴力)		暴	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàolì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ lik⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phau-li̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): bô̤-lĭk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-lia̍k / pō-le̍k / po̍k-le̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ lag⁸

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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:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ lik⁶
    • Yale: bouh lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lɪk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-li̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau lid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ lid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bô̤-lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ l̃iʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogliak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: pō-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poixlek
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poglek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao⁶ lag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău la̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 暴力

1. violence; brutality; force

   警察暴力  ―  jǐngchá bàolì  ―  police brutality

   施加暴力  ―  shījiā bàolì  ―  to be violent

   訴諸暴力／诉诸暴力  ―  sùzhū bàolì  ―  to resort to violence

Synonyms

• 武力 (wǔlì)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 暴力

1. violent; brutal; forceful

   暴力革命  ―  bàolì gémìng  ―  violent revolution

   很黃很暴力／很黄很暴力  ―  hěn huáng hěn bàolì  ―  sexually explicit and violent

Synonyms

• 暴躁 (bàozào)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴	力
ぼう Grade: 5	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

暴(ぼう)力(りょく) • (bōryoku) 

1. violence (especially criminal), force

   暴力(ぼうりょく)で言(い)うことを聞(き)かせる。

   Bōryoku de iu koto o kikaseru.

   They exact obedience through force.

Antonyms

• 平和 (“peace”)

Derived terms

• 暴力団(ぼうりょくだん) (bōryokudan, “violent gang”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.