破壞

See also: 破坏 and 破壊

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (破壞)		破	壞
simp. (破坏)		破	坏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòhuài

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ waai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-fái
Eastern Min (BUC): pó̤-huâi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phò͘-hoāi / phò-hoāi / phò-hāi

(Teochew, Peng'im): pua³ huai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòhuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòhuài
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-huai⁴
  - Yale: pwò-hwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohhuay
  - Palladius: похуай (poxuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ waai⁶
  - Yale: po waaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ waai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ wai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ waːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-fái
  - Hakka Romanization System: po fai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: po⁴ fai³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ fai̯³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pó̤-huâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(h-)uɑi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò͘-hoāi
  - Tâi-lô: phòo-huāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorhoai
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hoāi
  - Tâi-lô: phò-huāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhoai
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ huai³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²¹⁻⁵³ huai²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ huai³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hāi
  - Tâi-lô: phò-hāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhai
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ hai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ hai³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: pua³ huai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuà huăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰua²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huai³⁵/

Verb

破壞

to damage; to destroy; to ruin; to vandalize; to sabotage; to contaminate
破壞公物／破坏公物 ― pòhuài gōngwù ― to damage public property

破壞生產／破坏生产 ― pòhuài shēngchǎn ― to sabotage production

破壞網絡／破坏网络 ― pòhuài wǎngluò ― to damage a network

破壞案發現場／破坏案发现场 ― pòhuài ànfā xiànchǎng ― to contaminate the crime scene
to eliminate; to get rid of
to violate

Synonyms

(to damage):

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亂 / 乱 (luàn) (literary, or in compounds)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
圮毀 / 圮毁 (pǐhuǐ) (literary)
壞 / 坏 (huài)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
損壞 / 损坏 (sǔnhuài)
損毀 / 损毁 (sǔnhuǐ)
搗砸 / 捣砸 (dau² zah⁵) (Jin)
摧殘 / 摧残 (cuīcán)
摧毀 / 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
毀 / 毁 (huǐ)
毀壞 / 毁坏 (huǐhuài)
毀損 / 毁损 (huǐsǔn)
決裂 / 决裂 (juéliè) (archaic)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
糟 (zāo) (literary, or in compounds)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
隳 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)

(to eliminate):

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免
免除 (miǎnchú)
刷 (colloquial)
削 (literary, or in compounds)
削除 (xuēchú)
去掉 (qùdiào)
去除 (qùchú)
報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
屏除 (bǐngchú)
廓清 (kuòqīng)
打掉 (dǎdiào)
掃 / 扫
排解 (páijiě)
掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
排除 (páichú)
摒除 (bìngchú)
撤 (chè)
撤除 (chèchú)
消 (xiāo)
消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
消解 (xiāojiě)
消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
消除 (xiāochú)
淘汰 (táotài)
清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
清除 (qīngchú)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
破除 (pòchú)
祛除 (qūchú)
罷 / 罢
翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
解除 (jiěchú)
鋤 / 锄 (chú)
鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
除
除去 (chúqù)
除忒 (Hakka)
除掉 (chúdiào)
除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
革除 (géchú)
驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)

(to violate):

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乖 (guāi) (literary, or in compounds)
犯 (fàn)
背離 / 背离 (bèilí)
違反 / 违反 (wéifǎn)
違背 / 违背 (wéibèi)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to damage”): 保護／保护 (bǎohù)

Derived terms

破壞力 / 破坏力 (pòhuàilì)
破壞性 / 破坏性 (pòhuàixìng)
破壞者 / 破坏者 (pòhuàizhě)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破	壞
は Grade: 5	かい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 破壞 – see the following entry.

【破壊はかい】

[noun] destruction, demolition

[verb] destroy; demolish; vandalize

(This term, 破壞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
破	壞

Noun

破壞 • (pagoe) (hangeul 파괴)

hanja form^? of 파괴 (“destruction”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
破	壞

Verb

破壞

chữ Hán form of phá hoại (“to vandalize; to sabotage”).