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): pō-le̍k / po̍k-le̍k / po̍k-lia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): bao⁶ lag⁸

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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    暴利
    暴力
    暴厲／暴厉
    暴吏
    暴戾
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: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: pō-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poixlek
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ³³⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /po²²⁻²¹ liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po³³⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-le̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-li̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poglek
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² liɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: po̍k-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pogliak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² liak̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bao⁶ lag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pău la̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³⁵⁻¹¹ lak̚⁴/

Noun

暴力

violence; brutality; force
校園暴力／校园暴力 ― xiàoyuán bàolì ― campus violence

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

強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
武力 (wǔlì)

Adjective

暴力

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

被暴力脅迫賣淫的婦女 [MSC, trad.]
被暴力胁迫卖淫的妇女 [MSC, simp.]
bèi bàolì xiépò màiyín de fùnǚ [Pinyin]
women who are violently coerced into prostitution

Synonyms

兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
兇殘／凶残 (xiōngcán)
兇狠／凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
兇猛／凶猛 (xiōngměng)
兇險／凶险 (xiōngxiǎn)
凶暴 (xiōngbào)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
嚴酷／严酷 (yánkù)
強暴／强暴 (qiángbào)
忍 (rěn) (literary)
惡勢／恶势 (Xiamen Hokkien)
惡毒／恶毒 (èdú)
惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
暴戾 (bàolì) (literary)
暴虐 (bàonüè)
暴躁 (bàozào)
殘／残 (cán) (literary,or in compounds)
殘忍／残忍 (cánrěn)
殘暴／残暴 (cánbào)
殘酷／残酷 (cánkù)
毒辣 (dúlà)
烏心／乌心 (Min Nan)
狠心 (hěnxīn)
狠毒 (hěndú)
狠狠 (hěnhěn)
猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
粗殘／粗残 (Xiamen Hokkien)
辣 (là)
酷烈 (kùliè)
野蠻／野蛮 (yěmán)
陰功／阴功 (jam¹ gung¹) (Cantonese)
險惡／险恶 (xiǎn'è)
黑心 (hēixīn)

Derived terms

冷暴力 (lěngbàolì)
家庭暴力 (jiātíng bàolì)
性暴力 (xìngbàolì)
暴力傾向／暴力倾向 (bàolì qīngxiàng)
暴力片
暴力狂 (bàolìkuáng)
暴力遊戲／暴力游戏
暴恐 (bàokǒng)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼーりょく [bóꜜòryòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

暴(ぼう)力(りょく) • (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”)

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.

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力 • (pongnyeok) (hangeul 폭력)

hanja form^? of 폭력 (“violence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暴	力

Noun

暴力

chữ Hán form of bạo lực (“violence”).

[NHK-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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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