HSK 6 · Society

暴力 bàolì “violence” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 暴力 means

  1. violence
  2. force
  3. violent

How to say 暴力

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale暴bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale力lì4th tone, falling

暴力 in a sentence

  1. 暴力电影和电脑游戏助长了年轻人的残暴行为。

    Bàolì diànyǐng hé diànnǎo yóuxì zhùzhǎng le niánqīng rén de cánbào xíngwéi.

    Violent films and computer games encourage cruelty in young people.

    Sentence #13527594 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 暴力是社会的癌症。

    Bàolì shì shèhuì de áizhèng.

    Violence is a cancer on society.

    Sentence #1409346 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 暴力 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 暴 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
暴bàosudden
  • 日sun · rì
  • 共all · gòng
  • 水water · shuǐ
The character 力 (lì) drawn as one shape
力lìpower

力 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThought to show an old plough, and pulling it took strength: strength, power.

How to write 暴力

暴 15 strokes · 力 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

暴力 (bàolì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 暴力 (bàolì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 暴力

Words with 暴

暴露bàolù · to expose风暴fēngbào · storm

Words with 力

努力nǔlì · to work hard力气lìqi · strength能力nénglì · capability压力yālì · pressure巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)精力jīnglì · energy尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest权力quánlì · power力量lìliang · power魅力mèilì · charm

More words: Society & Law

颁发bānfā · to award绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap包庇bāobì · to shield (wrongdoing)报警bàojǐng · to call the police保卫bǎowèi · to defend保障bǎozhàng · to ensure被告bèigào · defendant辩护biànhù · to defend

FAQs

暴力 (bàolì) means “violence” or “force”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàolì: bào with a 4th tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 暴力 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baoli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 暴力 from the suggestions. Typing baoli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
暴力 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.