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
Min Nan (POJ): po̍k-lia̍k / pō-le̍k / po̍k-le̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: bàolì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawlih
  - IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    暴利
    暴力
    暴厲／暴厉
    暴吏
    暴戾
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ lik⁶
  - Yale: bouh lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ lig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² lɪk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau-li̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: pau lid
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴ lid⁶
  - IPA: /pʰa̯u⁵⁵ lit̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pogliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻²² liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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/

Noun

暴力

violence; brutality

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

Adjective

暴力

violent

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

Derived terms

家庭暴力 (jiātíng bàolì)
暴力片

暴力遊戲／暴力游戏

Japanese

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

Noun

暴力 (hiragana ぼうりょく, rōmaji bōryoku)

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)

Compounds

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.

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