狂暴

Chinese

		conceited; mad	sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
simp. and trad. (狂暴)		狂	暴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuángbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong⁴ bou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuángbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˊ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuángbào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang²-pao⁴
    • Yale: kwáng-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwangbaw
    • Palladius: куанбао (kuanbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong⁴ bou⁶
    • Yale: kwòhng bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong⁴ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong⁴ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ²¹ pou̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwang bawH

Rime
Character	狂	暴
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	巨王切	薄報切
Baxter	gjwang	bawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡʉɐŋ/	/bɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiɐŋ/	/bɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɑŋ/	/bɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guaŋ/	/bawH/
Li Rong	/ɡiuaŋ/	/bɑuH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwaŋ/	/bɑuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/giwaŋ/	/bʱɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuáng	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwong4	bou6

Adjective

狂暴

1. violent and unpredictable, fierce

   • 主上狂暴如此，土崩將至。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     主上狂暴如此，土崩将至。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Zhǔshàng kuángbào rú cǐ, tǔbēng jiāng zhì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (狂暴):

• → Japanese: 狂暴(きょうぼう) (kyōbō)
• → Korean: 광폭(狂暴) (gwangpok)
• → Vietnamese: cuồng bạo (狂暴)