暴殄

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	exterminate
trad. (暴殄)		暴	殄
simp. #(暴殄)		暴	殄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàotiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàotiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàotiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-tʻien³
    • Yale: bàu-tyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawtean
    • Palladius: баотянь (baotjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: bawH denX

Rime
Character	暴	殄
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	薄報切	徒典切
Baxter	bawH	denX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑuH/	/denX/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑuH/	/denX/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑuH/	/dɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bawH/	/dɛnX/
Li Rong	/bɑuH/	/denX/
Wang Li	/bɑuH/	/dienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑuH/	/dʱienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào	diàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou6	din6

Verb

暴殄

1. (literary) to destroy; to damage
2. (literary) to recklessly waste

Derived terms

• 暴殄天物 (bàotiǎntiānwù)
• 暴殄輕生／暴殄轻生