暴行

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Chinese

violent conduct
simp. and trad.
(暴行) 		暴 行

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 暴 行
Reading # 1/2 4/4
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 薄報切 下更切
Baxter bawH haengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɑuH/ /ɦˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bɑuH/ /ɦᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bɑuH/ /ɣaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bawH/ /ɦaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/bɑuH/ /ɣɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/bɑuH/ /ɣɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱɑuH/ /ɣɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bào hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou6 hang6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 暴 行
Reading # 1/2 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bào xíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bawH › ‹ hængH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁawk-s/ /*ˁraŋ-s/
English violent action

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 暴 行
Reading # 1/2 4/4
No. 330 13876
Phonetic
component 		暴 行
Rime
group 		貌 陽
Rime
subdivision 		3 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		暴 行
Old
Chinese 		/*boːwɢs/ /*ɡraːŋs/

Noun

暴行

  1. savage act; atrocity; outrage

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暴行):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暴 行
ぼう
Grade: 5 		こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
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Noun

暴(ぼう)行(こう) • (bōkō) ←ぼうかう (boukau)?

  1. Violence, outrage.
  2. Assault.
  3. (euphemistic) Rape.

Synonyms

Verb

暴(ぼう)行(こう)する • (bōkō suru) ←ぼうかう (boukau)?intransitive suru (stem 暴(ぼう)行(こう)し (bōkō shi), past 暴(ぼう)行(こう)した (bōkō shita))

  1. To use violence (on), to commit an outrage (on).
  2. To assault, to make an assault (on).
    タクシー運転手(うんてんしゅ)を暴行(ぼうこう)するという事件(じけん)
    takushī untenshu o bōkō suru to iu jiken
    an assault on a taxi driver
  3. (euphemistic) To rape.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暴行する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 暴行し ぼうこうし bōkō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 暴行し ぼうこうし bōkō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 暴行する ぼうこうする bōkō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 暴行する ぼうこうする bōkō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 暴行すれ ぼうこうすれ bōkō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 暴行せよ¹
暴行しろ² 		ぼうこうせよ¹
ぼうこうしろ² 		bōkō seyo¹
bōkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 暴行される ぼうこうされる bōkō sareru
Causative 暴行させる
暴行さす 		ぼうこうさせる
ぼうこうさす 		bōkō saseru
bōkō sasu
Potential 暴行できる ぼうこうできる bōkō dekiru
Volitional 暴行しよう ぼうこうしよう bōkō shiyō
Negative 暴行しない ぼうこうしない bōkō shinai
Negative continuative 暴行せず ぼうこうせず bōkō sezu
Formal 暴行します ぼうこうします bōkō shimasu
Perfective 暴行した ぼうこうした bōkō shita
Conjunctive 暴行して ぼうこうして bōkō shite
Hypothetical conditional 暴行すれば ぼうこうすれば bōkō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term
暴行

Noun

暴行 • (pokhaeng) (hangeul 폭행)

  1. Hanja form? of 폭행 (“act of violence”).
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