虐待

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Chinese

oppressive; tyrannical
wait; treat; deal with
wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
 
trad. (虐待)
simp. #(虐待)

Pronunciation


Verb

虐待

  1. to abuse; to maltreat; to be cruel to
    虐待動物虐待动物  ―  nüèdài dòngwù  ―  to be cruel to animals; animal cruelty
    虐待百姓  ―  nüèdài bǎixìng  ―  to abuse the masses

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぎゃく
Grade: S
たい
Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on
 虐待 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎゃく)(たい) (gyakutai

  1. abuse

Verb

(ぎゃく)(たい)する (gyakutai surutransitive suru (stem (ぎゃく)(たい) (gyakutai shi), past (ぎゃく)(たい)した (gyakutai shita))

  1. abuse; maltreat; ill-treat
    (さい)(きん)(おや)()(ども)(ぎゃく)(たい)することが(おお)くなった。
    Saikin wa oya ga kodomo o gyakutai suru koto ga ōku natta.
    There have been more and more cases recently of parents abusing their children.

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References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

虐待 (hakdae) (hangeul 학대)

  1. hanja form? of 학대 (abuse)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

虐待

  1. chữ Hán form of ngược đãi (to mistreat; to abuse).