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暴

bào

HSK 6 Character

What 暴 means

1. sudden
2. violent
3. cruel
4. to show or expose
5. to injure

Other readings

暴 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Bàosurname Bao
• pùvariant of {曝|pù}

Example sentences

• 风暴减弱了。
  Fēngbào jiǎnruò le.
  The storm abated.
• 玛丽着装暴露。
  Mary is scantily clad.
• 汤姆不想暴力。
  Tom didn't want any violence.
• 风暴是危险的。
  The storm is dangerous.
• 好大的暴风雨！
  What a big storm!
• 暴风过后是宁静。
  Bàofēng guòhòu shì níngjìng.
  After a storm comes a calm.

Words starting with 暴

• 暴力bào lìviolence; force; violent
• 暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal; to lay bare
• 暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
• 暴利bào lìsudden huge profits
• 暴行bào xíngsavage act; outrage; atrocity
• 暴动bào dònginsurrection; rebellion
• 暴风雨bào fēng yǔrainstorm; storm; tempest
• 暴躁bào zàoirascible; irritable
• 暴徒bào túbandit; thug; ruffian
• 暴政bào zhèngtyranny; despotic rule
• 暴乱bào luànriot; rebellion; revolt
• 暴君bào jūntyrant; despot
• 暴富bào fùto get rich quick
• 暴涨bào zhǎngto increase sharply; to rise dramatically
• 暴发户bào fā hùnewly rich; parvenu; upstart
• 暴发bào fāto break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
• 暴风bào fēngwindstorm; (meteorology) storm (force 11 wind)
• 暴跳如雷bào tiào rú léi(idiom) to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage
• 暴风雪bào fēng xuěsnowstorm; blizzard
• 暴跌bào diē(economics) to slump; steep fall (in value etc)
• 暴怒bào nùto fly into a rage; to rage violently
• 暴虐bào nüèbrutal; tyrannical
• 暴晒bào shài(of the sun) to scorch; to expose to a scorching sun
• 暴露无遗bào lù wú yíto lay bare; to come to light

Words containing 暴

• 风暴fēng bàostorm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
• 粗暴cū bàocrude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
• 强暴qiáng bàoviolent; to rape
• 残暴cán bàobrutal; vicious; ruthless
• 沙尘暴shā chén bàosand and dust storm
• 非暴力fēi bào lìnonviolent
• 防暴fáng bàoto suppress a riot; riot control
• 自暴自弃zì bào zì qìto abandon oneself to despair; to give up and stop bothering
• 狂风暴雨kuáng fēng bào yǔ(idiom) howling wind and torrential rain; furious storm…
• 狂暴kuáng bàofrantic; berserk
• 家暴jiā bàodomestic violence (abbr. for 家庭暴力
• 施暴shī bàoto use violence; to attack; to assault
• 网暴wǎng bàoto cyberbully (abbr. for 网络暴力
• 轮暴lún bàoto gang rape
• 除暴chú bàoto eliminate outlaws
• 雷暴léi bàothunderstorm
• 以暴制暴yǐ bào zhì bàoto use violence to curb violence
• 以暴易暴yǐ bào yì bàoto replace one tyranny by another; to use violence against violence
• 家庭暴力jiā tíng bào lìdomestic violence
• 热带风暴rè dài fēng bàotropical storm
• 防暴警察fáng bào jǐng cháriot police; riot squad
• 沙暴shā bàosandstorm
• 黑暴hēi bào(neologism 2019) rioting by black-clothed protesters in Hong Kong
• 头脑风暴tóu nǎo fēng bàobrainstorming

Characters that look like 暴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 嘉jiāexcellent; auspicious; to praise
• 慕mùto admire
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 羲Xīsame as Fuxi 伏羲; surname Xi

Sounds the same

Read bào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 抱to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 爆to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
• 曝used in 曝光; Taiwan pr. pù
• 豹leopard; panther
• 刨carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off
• 鲍abalone
• 瀑shower (rain)
• 趵jump; leap
• 菢hatch
• 虣cruel; violent
• 儤on night duty