Chinese edit

 
to break; to split; broken
to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out
frame; rule
simp. and trad.
(破格)

Pronunciation 1 edit


Verb edit

破格

  1. to break the rule (to employ or admit someone)
    破格錄取破格录取  ―  pògé lùqǔ  ―  to grant special admission (to an institution)

Adjective edit

破格

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) outstanding

Pronunciation 2 edit


Adjective edit

破格

  1. (Mainland China Hokkien) having uncultured mannerisms and language (usually referring to a woman in Quanzhou and Xiamen)
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) bearing bad luck due to bad astrological signs

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
かく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(かく) (hakaku-na (adnominal ()(かく) (hakaku na), adverbial ()(かく) (hakaku ni))

  1. exceptional, special, above average
  2. ungrammatical, poor (in terms of writing)

Inflection edit

Noun edit

()(かく) (hakaku

  1. exceptionalness
    破格(はかく)待遇(たいぐう)(よろこ)んだ。
    Hakaku no taigū ni yorokonda.
    They were pleased with the exceptional hospitality.
  2. solecism

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.