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破壞

破壞

See also: 破坏

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (破壞)		破	壞
simp. (破坏)		破	坏

Verb

破壞

to damage; to destroy; to ruin; to vandalize
to eliminate; to get rid of
to violate

Noun

破壞

Derived terms

破壞性／破坏性

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): pòhuài

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ waai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-fái
Min Nan (POJ): phò-hoāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: pòhuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohhuay
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ waai⁶
  - Yale: po waaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ waai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ wɑːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-fái
  - Hakka Romanization System: po fai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: po⁴ fai³
  - IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ fa̯i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phò-hoāi
  - Tâi-lô: phò-huāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoirhoai
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ huai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁵³ huai²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo¹¹⁻⁵³ huai³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ huai³³/