暴 (bou6 buk6 | bao4 pu4) : violent; cruel; expose

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暴

bou6 buk6

bao4 pu4

[粵] bou6 | [國] bao4
[1] [adj] violent; cruel; fierce
[2] [v] expose; come out; reveal
[3] [v] ruin; spoil; corrode
[4] [adj] hot-tempered; quick-tempered

[粵] buk6 | [國] pu4
(variant form of 曝)

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

暴

This word has been viewed 10230 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Jun 2011 06:03

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暴露 bou6 lou6 bao4 lu4 = expose; reveal; come to light

暴躁 bou6 cou3 bao4 zao4 = irritable

暴力 bou6 lik6 bao4 li4 = violent

暴動 bou6 dung6 bao4 dong4 = insurrection

暴雨 bou6 jyu5 bao4 yu3 = heavy rain

暴風驟雨 bou6 fung1 zau6 jyu5 bao4 feng1 zou4 yu3 = violent storm

粗暴 cou1 bou6 cu1 bao4 = rough; cruel

殘暴 caan4 bou6 can2 bao4 = ruthless; heartless; cruel; ferocious

自暴自棄 zi6 bou6 zi6 hei3 = desperateness, self-degredation

風暴 fung1 bou6 feng1 bao4 = storm
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 暴

佢哋乘機啲暴亂搶嘢粵 ?!
They took advantage of the riots to steal things.

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Decimal representation of this word: 暴
Unicode code for this character: U+66b4 (off-site link)

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